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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 05:09 PM
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Default Re: Low coolant light

Originally Posted by alexdc
Hi everyone,

Since I've owned the car, the coolant light likes to come on and off. The service manual says that it is a low coolant light. Temp is still showing good, right in the middle. When I look at the coolant tank, that's where I get confused. Am I totally blind because I can't see a low and max line on the tank itself. I don't even know if my coolant level is fine. It seems low in one part of the tank.

Then I looked at the coolant flush tutorial to get to know which coolant was recommended. You guys seemed to recommend G05 which is not carried by any auto/department store around here. Why G05? what does it even mean? I would like to know. All I could see is HOAT rated coolant (which was recommanded in the other thread as well), 50/50. It was recommended to use 3/4 of anti-freeze concentrate with 1/4 of distilled water? Can any of you guys elucidate me on that.

Thanks
The ratio is 50/50, antifreeze/distilled water. Most use Zerex G-05 it is a HOAT (Hybrid Organic Acid Technology). I cannot remember where I got mine though. You are best to use distilled water, it is cheap enough at the grocery store.
The light flickering is not only caused by low coolant, put ‘coolant light’ in search and see what Pizzaman says about it among others.
 

Last edited by onehundred80; Oct 19, 2018 at 05:19 PM.
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