coolant warning light

nellsbells

Hi guys
2 days ago a abandoned my car after driving 50miles at a speeds
between 5 and 25 miles per hour in as high a gear as possible due to snow my coolant
light came on a couple of miles from home stopped the car and the
fan kept on running do I have a problem !

Dave101t

id say so, get a knowledgeable friend to check it.
could be a few things at this point.

bigblackdog

try topping up the coolant , worked for me last week , maybe i was lucky

nellsbells

thanks so far guys no one is moving up here we are snowed in
car was serviced a couple of months ago and coolant renewed for
-21 degrees and there was still plenty in when i opened the top
after waiting for it to cool down

duncan303

nellsbells wrote: »

thanks so far guys no one is moving up here we are snowed in
car was serviced a couple of months ago and coolant renewed for
-21 degrees and there was still plenty in when i opened the top
after waiting for it to cool down

Curiouser and curiouser.
may I ask if the coolant was completely renewed as part of the service program under warranty.

If the coolant correct type and not cross typed (what colour is coolant) then I wonder if secondary belt slipping so no water pump. Would there then be enough gravity to the radiator to cause the fan to initiate i wonder, or maybe temp sensor in the block called..maybe.

are you able to check tension on secondary belt?


just some thoughts HTH



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[Deleted User]

maybe the cooling system wasn't bled properly after been replaced

nellsbells

Hi guys
I don't quite know where the secondary belt is on my saxo
but could it be affected by get damp or wet as on that day
i was out working and got stuck a couple times so there was a
bit of wheel spin and some places i was driving through had slush
or raised snow of 4 or 5 ins in the centre of tracks the gritters had made