Will I always see the coolant light or have a DTC if the coolant level is low? I just bought my RX-8 a few days ago, and the previous owner told me it had a slow coolant leak. And you can smell it under the hood (but not in the exhaust).
After I filled up the coolant yesterday I made sure everything around the reservoir was dry, then I took it for a drive. When I got back, there was coolant underneath the reservoir. So I assumed it's a leaky reservoir and I ordered a new one.
But now I'm wondering if the previous owner was just overfilling it, thus causing it to come out of the overflow tube. It's been 9 years since my last RX-8, and I never had any coolant problems with that one, so over the past few days as I've been topping it off, it's possible I've been overfilling it as well. It's pretty much impossible to tell how close it is to the F line, so I've been guestimating. It keeps dropping down after I fill it, but maybe it's coming out of the overflow, and not out of a crack.
The coolant light hasn't shown up, and there has been no DTC relating to the coolant. So maybe I don't actually have a leak.
How dangerous is it for me to not top it off for a few days and then just keep a really close eye on the reservoir? I'm thinking if I do that, and it gets to the point where I can see the bottom of the reservoir, I'll know for sure I have a leak. If not, no leak. Would I be crazy to try that?
After I filled up the coolant yesterday I made sure everything around the reservoir was dry, then I took it for a drive. When I got back, there was coolant underneath the reservoir. So I assumed it's a leaky reservoir and I ordered a new one.
But now I'm wondering if the previous owner was just overfilling it, thus causing it to come out of the overflow tube. It's been 9 years since my last RX-8, and I never had any coolant problems with that one, so over the past few days as I've been topping it off, it's possible I've been overfilling it as well. It's pretty much impossible to tell how close it is to the F line, so I've been guestimating. It keeps dropping down after I fill it, but maybe it's coming out of the overflow, and not out of a crack.
The coolant light hasn't shown up, and there has been no DTC relating to the coolant. So maybe I don't actually have a leak.
How dangerous is it for me to not top it off for a few days and then just keep a really close eye on the reservoir? I'm thinking if I do that, and it gets to the point where I can see the bottom of the reservoir, I'll know for sure I have a leak. If not, no leak. Would I be crazy to try that?
No coolant light and no DTC means no coolant leak?
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