COOLANT QUESTION

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  1. Mr_302 New Member

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    car has low coolant light on. isthat resvior the coolant for the radiator or do i need to add coolant inside of that too? and if i wanna flush the system where is the drain?
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  2. trance New Member

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    coolant level sensor is in the overflow bottle. when cold, add some to the radiator and fill the over flow to the cold fill, run till the thermostat opens and see if you need to add more.


    the drain is on the passenger side towards the bottom of the radiator. big plastic nut.
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    CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A WHIEL SO THE OVERFLOW IS A LIL LOW BUT THE RADITOR WAS FULL.:OT: WHAT IS THIS MEAN THE BUBBLES IN MY POWEER STEERING

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  4. trance New Member

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    damn dude, you should just go ahead and change all the fluids in the car, along with all the filters once or twice.
    trance, Oct 25, 2009
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    Just a word of advice. In my opinion it is much better to just take the lower radiator hose off even if you have to cut it off than to open the petcock. If the petcock is old and messed, turning it can crack the plastic tank on the radiator. A new radiator hose is much cheaper than a new radiator.

    Kurt
    revhead347, Oct 25, 2009
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    If the reservoir has fluid but the light is on, remove the sensor and clean it. The prongs get crap on them and they don't conduct till cleaned.
    HISSIN50, Oct 26, 2009
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    Yep, alot of us have the low coolant light, it's simply that the sensor in the tank gets cruddy and won't take the reading correctly. Clean that up and the light should go off

    Cheers,
    xr8d302, Oct 30, 2009
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