What does the check coolant light mean?
Your Coolant Pressure Light comes on when your engine is overheating due to insufficient coolant. If you remove the radiator cap or open the coolant reservoir before the engine has had a chance to cool sufficiently, the buildup of steam inside the cooling system could give you a very nasty burn.
What does a green coolant light mean?
Many cars have a blue or green light to indicate that the coolant is COLD, too cold to drive hard without engine damage. This is normal, and you should drive without jack-rabbit starts until the light goes off (other cars sometimes have a blue range behind the needle) A few cars have coolant level lights.
Where is the low coolant message on a Duramax?
During PDI, coolant should be added to fill the upper chamber of the radiator surge tank. (Fig. 6) A coolant level that is low enough to turn on the Low Coolant message will be below the horizontal line across the radiator surge tank. (Fig.
Is the coolant level on my Silverado Sierra low?
A Low Coolant message may be displayed on the Driver Information Center of some 2017-2018 Silverado and Sierra models equipped with the 6.6L Duramax diesel engine (RPO L5P). An inspection of the radiator surge tank may appear to show a low coolant condition.
What makes the low coolant light come on?
Difference is when my low coolant light came on, the coolant level was good, not low. So I suspect sensor or programming. If your coolant is disappearing, that would be another issue. :- ( Does that stop the warning light from coming on?
When does the coolant warning light come on?
My coolant warning light came on about 10 days ago.The thing is with mine is that motor has an aotomatic engine shutdown feature. SO,when my light comes on,so does a loud chiming alarm and 30 seconds later,the truck shuts down.It was towed to dealer where they replace the MAS. ….