Have you had to add Coolant yet?
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Have you had to add Coolant yet?
My coolant light came on today and I added about 20 oz to bring it up to the full mark. I have about 12,000 miles on the car. No noticable drips.
Anyone else had to add any, and if so how many miles??
Anyone else had to add any, and if so how many miles??
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I had my radiator light come on too. Mileage was approx 10.5K. I had to add 1/2 a bottle of fluid. Granted the car was over a year old and no drips or leaks. I take it some of the fluid just plain evaporates because of the heat of the rotary engine. Nothing big, but something to keep and eye on...
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I had my radiator light come on too. Mileage was approx 10.5K. I had to add 1/2 a bottle of fluid. Granted the car was over a year old and no drips or leaks. I take it some of the fluid just plain evaporates because of the heat of the rotary engine. Nothing big, but something to keep and eye on...
What coolant is recommended?? I believe that you have to add non-diluted coolant (no water mixture) as the water will corode in the jackets. Does that seem right???
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What coolant is recommended?? I believe that you have to add non-diluted coolant (no water mixture) as the water will corode in the jackets. Does that seem right???
This is from the shop manual:
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I used about 50/50 mixture with the right kind as spec'd in the manual. I bet is is just from the fact that the engine caompartment is hot that it evaporates some. I have had the car 15 months.
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Just wondering though, but if some vehicle's lose that much coolant due to heat, then that means you should not just refill it but do a drain and flush since the old stuff is now too concentrated. that makes sense
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If I were you I would have the car checked out by a service dept. Twenty ounces is a 6% loss of coolant, which would cause me concern. I doubt that evaporation would account for that much loss and if there is definately no external leak, I would be concerned that the coolant might be leaking internally into a combustion chamber or into the oil. Don't mean to alarm you, but ya gotta look at the worst case possibilities.
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If there is no external leak, I wonder how to tell if it is leaking into the engine or combustion chamber. Maybe the oil could be sent off for analysis? My oil doesn't appear any different than normal going into about 2k miles since last change.
My dealer offered to put it up on the rack for a check, sounds like I ought to do that first.
My dealer offered to put it up on the rack for a check, sounds like I ought to do that first.
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If there is no external leak, I wonder how to tell if it is leaking into the engine or combustion chamber. Maybe the oil could be sent off for analysis? My oil doesn't appear any different than normal going into about 2k miles since last change.
My dealer offered to put it up on the rack for a check, sounds like I ought to do that first.
My dealer offered to put it up on the rack for a check, sounds like I ought to do that first.
Oil analysis might also be a good idea if they don't find a leak. Let us know what they find.
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As others have suggested, take it in to the dealer.
I've got 16k miles and the coolant level has remained the same as day 1. When I first got the car, it was hard to see the coolant due to the level it was at - just below the seam on the reservoir - so I added some Red Line WaterWetter.
FWIW, I did not observe any differences in the temperature guage after adding the Red Line WaterWetter.
I've got 16k miles and the coolant level has remained the same as day 1. When I first got the car, it was hard to see the coolant due to the level it was at - just below the seam on the reservoir - so I added some Red Line WaterWetter.
FWIW, I did not observe any differences in the temperature guage after adding the Red Line WaterWetter.
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I've got about 25K miles on mine, and have added coolant three time. Twice at the first real cold snap of each winter which would set the light, and once after an eight hour straight highway drive. I think that it just evaporates off some when the engine operates at higher temps. I haven't found it to be too much of a problem, and have found no leaks, and I have looked all around the engine. I consider it normal.
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