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A couple of weeks back, my water pump went out on my '95 SE. I replaced it and the thermostat at the same time as well as flushing the cooling system. Ever since then, the coolant light has been coming on intermittently. There is plenty of coolant in the reservoir and the car always runs cool even in 100 degree heat. Does anyone have any ideas. So far, it hasn't created any problems, but it does get annoying when the light comes on.
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Mods-Resonator gone, glasspack in place (It sounds good, try it).
Cracked secondaries, TPS Mod, Removed Intake resonators.
Future Mods- SVT exhaust (Wanna sell yours?) and window tinting this summer. More for later.
Its my daily driver that I race on the weekends.
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You need to add coolant to the reservior. Even if it looks as though it's full. The sender sticks.
Do a search in this forum, as this has been covered a number of times, and I can't remember exactly how much coolant you need to add to fix the problem.
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The adding extra fluid thing worked for me for a while. Eventually the light just stayed on even though it was overfilled. I ended up getting the reservoir assembly from the dealer (couldn't buy the sensor seperately.) I think it was $80 or something like that.
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That's strange, I've seen that sensor sold separately before. Maybe it was from AutoZone or something...
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I can't add any more coolant, the reservoir is full. Any ideas why the sender would start to stick olny after the water pump replacement, it had never come on before.
1995 SE
Mods-Resonator gone, glasspack in place (It sounds good, try it).
Cracked secondaries, TPS Mod, Removed Intake resonators.
Future Mods- SVT exhaust (Wanna sell yours?) and window tinting this summer. More for later.
Its my daily driver that I race on the weekends.
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Clean the res tank of any gunk,its an optical sensor & hates dirt it cant read...!!!!
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Is that the sensor near the bottom of the reservoir?
1995 SE
Mods-Resonator gone, glasspack in place (It sounds good, try it).
Cracked secondaries, TPS Mod, Removed Intake resonators.
Future Mods- SVT exhaust (Wanna sell yours?) and window tinting this summer. More for later.
Its my daily driver that I race on the weekends.
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Originally posted by SVTwannabe:
Is that the sensor near the bottom of the reservoir? Yes.
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