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

 

I guess I am asking for too much haha.

 

The coolant level in the tank should be level with the white plastic post inside the tank
There are no lines on the tank indicating low and high

 

 

I found the G05 HOAT coolant. I will take picture of what we can see of the tank to show you guys the level. It's probably low.

 

The manual is wrong. Ok, let's call it "misleading".
The light indicates that something is wrong:

1. The coolant level in the reserve tank is low.
2. The coolant level sensor in the reserve tank is defective.
3. The engine temperature is above 2xx degrees (not sure what temp, I believe above 220F)
4. The Fan Control Module is indicating that the current flowing thru the engine cooling fan is either lower than expected or higher than expected.
5. The Fan Control Module is not communicating at all with the ECM.

And probably other stuff I don't know about.

From what you describe, I'd suspect the most likely issue with your car is (in descending order of likelihood) 2, 1 or 4.

 

Thanks you!

 

Here is the inside of the tank. I think it's


low.

 

Does not look low to me. (Show us the level from the OUTSIDE view.)

With a cold engine, the tank must not be very full, because as the engine heats up, coolant expands and the tank level will rise considerably.

 

There you go

 

 

Thank you sir!

 

I was able to put around 1.8 L until it reached the top of the post. No coolant light yet. I've filled it a bit more after that because I didn't have anywhere to get rid of what I had left (2L in total). Hopefully that's fine. I will report back if the light comes back on. If it doesn't I won't. I will make sure I don't see any leaks as well.

 

 

 

it barely goes over the top of the post.

 

 

I did the tensioner, both pulleys and belt service and now my battery is dead. I'm trying to charge it with a low cost 2amp battery maintenance charger (it takes forever and it's quite cold here) so hopefully I don't need a new one. I will report back soon when I can drive it.

 

I have a coolant leak 😞