Odd Coolant Light, 91 200

[Steve Jensen]

>     Last night on my way home from work the 200's Autocheck gave me a low
> coolant/engine overheating light. Or at least that's what the owner's
manual
> calls it. Anyway, engine temp. guage reported normal temperatures and the
> coolant resevoir checked barely low and was topped off. This did not shut
> off the autocheck light. I'm guessing I've got a fried resevoir sensor,
but
> does anybody have any other thoughts?

Check to see if the plug on the resevoir is firmly seated, or you may want
to pull the plug and check for corrosion - if it's been leaking from the
bottom you may have corroded contacts on the plug.  A leak on the bottom of
the res. is hard to detect, and if the res. is original equipment, it may
just be time for replacement

If you are going to be home in Atlanta this weekend, I have a good used one
up on the shelf (if the res from a 5K is the same as a 91).

-Steve Jensen
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