coolant light
markonsol2002
01-27-2005, 06:36 PM
'97 sable: coolant light comes on but it has plenty of fluid in
reservoire. temp guage is reading normal..it does move down when stopped and up to normal levl after runnning a while...car is not overheating..what could cause this???
reservoire. temp guage is reading normal..it does move down when stopped and up to normal levl after runnning a while...car is not overheating..what could cause this???
Banjoman10
02-02-2005, 09:44 PM
Bad sensor in reservoir. If you check your coolant regularly anyway, just disconnect the wire on the bottom, that's what I've done. These coolant level sensors go bad in a few years, I had three different makes of cars on which they went bad between 28K to 60K miles. They're just a gimmick as far as I'm concerned.
esc2
02-03-2005, 06:26 PM
Yup.. Same here. Went belly up with 38K on it. just disconnected it and all is well.
dociftikhar
10-13-2005, 12:20 AM
Yup.. Same here. Went belly up with 38K on it. just disconnected it and all is well.
surprisingly i have 96 vulcan 3.0 with 130xxx miles & with a coolant reservoir that is regularly empty,(have put almost 800 miles without heating) but no "empty coolant light." i had my mechanic take a look at it and he suggested to change the reservoir as this is a common problem in Taurus/sables. any advice will be appreciated .thanks,
surprisingly i have 96 vulcan 3.0 with 130xxx miles & with a coolant reservoir that is regularly empty,(have put almost 800 miles without heating) but no "empty coolant light." i had my mechanic take a look at it and he suggested to change the reservoir as this is a common problem in Taurus/sables. any advice will be appreciated .thanks,
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