I got the coolant level low warning on the SID on friday night when I started the car - too dark to check anything so ignored it. I stopped and started the car a few more times that evening after driving to various places and didn't get the warning again. Used the car a few times on saturday, sunday and monday with no warnings, then this morning get the warning again. Both times car parked on level ground.
There looks to be plenty of coolant in the resevoir, not up to the max level about 3/4" below it when cold. How close to the Max level should the coolant be when cold? And at what point do you get a warning that the level is low. How dangerous to the engine is the low level warning or is it OK still to drive the car until Friday when i have booked it in to the garage (I will be covering 70 miles between now and then).
Being a bit ignorant on all thinks mechanical I assume the coolant is there to keep the engine at the correct temperature so if something is going wrong that the temperature guage should start to rise above its normal 9 o'clock position. Is this correct or does it do something else?
The car (MY05 9-5 Vector estate) was only serviced at the start of March (1700 miles ago) and the coolant should have been checked and filled up then, to me if the warning is to be beleived then there is either a leak somewhere (no evidence on the ground under the car) or it wasn't filled up at the service, the previous year between the services it didn't require any attention. Or could it be a dirty/failing sensor as its an intermittant warning (when the screenwash low warning goes it lets me know every time I start the car).
There looks to be plenty of coolant in the resevoir, not up to the max level about 3/4" below it when cold. How close to the Max level should the coolant be when cold? And at what point do you get a warning that the level is low. How dangerous to the engine is the low level warning or is it OK still to drive the car until Friday when i have booked it in to the garage (I will be covering 70 miles between now and then).
Being a bit ignorant on all thinks mechanical I assume the coolant is there to keep the engine at the correct temperature so if something is going wrong that the temperature guage should start to rise above its normal 9 o'clock position. Is this correct or does it do something else?
The car (MY05 9-5 Vector estate) was only serviced at the start of March (1700 miles ago) and the coolant should have been checked and filled up then, to me if the warning is to be beleived then there is either a leak somewhere (no evidence on the ground under the car) or it wasn't filled up at the service, the previous year between the services it didn't require any attention. Or could it be a dirty/failing sensor as its an intermittant warning (when the screenwash low warning goes it lets me know every time I start the car).