Low coolant light on

[crisp]

Couldn't it be a small leak in the hose from the oerflow to the rad? Allowing air to come in on cool off?

Yes or clogged line. The radiator-to-overflow tank has a specific ebb-and-tide like the ocean and the moon. When it HEATS, it expands and "fills" the overflow. When it COOLS it draws back from the overflow into the radiator. This is a balancing act. IF the hoses, cap-to-overflow, radiator cap, tubing IN the overflow cap, etc, etc... are compromised -OR- you are otherwise drawing AIR instead of VACUUMED COOLANT back from the overflow on cool-down contraction, you will end up with some of these symptoms.


Just some thoughts...


-crisp

 

[crisp]

I'll get the cooling system checked out after I get back from summer i guess

...er... I'm hoping you are not going to be DRIVING it through the summer? (That's how I read that...)

engine has 158k miles on it so if a headgasket blew I'd think it would've happened already and it got fixed.

Dorothy, you're not in KANSAS anymore!:biglaugh:



(^^^ Sorry! Had to do it...)
















-crisp