Re: ESTIMA- need help re light on dashboard

"Robert Meek" <robert.meek@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:8Kf0g.13335$JZ1.534532@news.xtra.co.nz...[color=blue]
> Hello, I live in New Zealand and drive a 1994 Toyota Estima. I do not have
> a handbook for this vehicle. I have a slight problem as I intermittantly
> have a faint light that comes on on the dash board and I do not know what
> it is. It is the third "icon" on the left and looks like a radiator
> symbol, however, I have checked the water and the vehicle is not over
> heating.
>
> Any advice would be really appreciated, as I don;t want to feel stupid
> going to a garage is it is something I can sort.
> Thanks guys
>
> Gill[/color]

First of all, you should not have plain water in the cooling system. You
should have the proper mix of anti-freeze and water (coolant).

Did you check the level in the radiator or in the overflow bottle? With the
engine cold, you should check both. The coolant should be up to the bottom
of the radiator neck and at least to the "cold" mark in the overflow bottle.

If the coolant level is correct, the coolant level sender in the overflow
bottle may be hanging up or going bad.
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Ray O
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