My add coolant light came on the other day, and Im mostly scared of this because the coolant level is at max.

Are there any recommendations for checking what the problem is, electrical, or the cooalnt system isnt pumping somewhere, or something else thats hopefully rediculouly easy and I'm overlooking?

Id apreciate any advice you can give,
jgathome

 

and for anyone that did know (anyone thats reading this) right before this happend my friend called me and asked me if I had any recomendations for him because his car said that it was running hot on the way to my place.

just had to add that litte bit, because it freaked me the hell out...

thanks again
jgathome

 

Sounds like you checked the overflow reservior. The warning light warms of low coolant level in the radiator, so that's where you need to check. Make sure you get all air out of the system when you top it up. Run the engine with the filler cap off until it's completely warmed up and no bubbles are appearing.

 

do you have an s4 or s5?

 

its an s4

and your right I didnt check the radiator

Im gonna go run out to my car and see if I see anything there

(times like these living on campus sucks, cars so far away...)

 

same problem here, but i got a koyo radiator now for my swap! it's really annoying, cause it comes on and off during driving and stays on when car is idle or parked.

 

hmm what do you know mine did the same hting today... i drove the car for an hour str8 last week, then the next day for twenty minutes, clutch was slipping, so last night i swapped the clutch out..... i start it up this morning, an d the add coolant light comes on wiht htta anoying buzzer, check the fluid, full..... what the hell it was fine last week... now after i put a new clutch in this crap...... any other suggestion on here?

 

omfg
its the sensor. just disconnect it and reconnect it in both places or make new connections. problem solved. or maybee you dont have coolent. check it when the car is cold.

 

damn, aksing for "friendly" advice seems to be pointless on here.. everyone seems to have an attitude, if you need help.... ever assume the colant was checked when cool? if you arent going ot help in anyway? why post anything at all?......

 

I flushed my radiator, and now everything is working fine

when I first did it I didnt think to make sure I had enough to refill it so I had to put it on hold till I could get to a gas station and get some more, hehe