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Old 06-18-2012, 11:15 AM
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Question Does running straight water causes coolant light to come on?

or did my coolant sensor death just coincided with running straight water in coolant system?
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sounds like a coincidence. Btw i would recommend adding some Wetter Water if you are running straight distilled water.
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Coincidence. Why would you run straight water anyway? Heck I had a lot of rust in my motor when I pulled it and it got flushed every year with FL22. I was very surprised, I can only imagine the rust with straight water.
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Coolant has more lubricity than water......so it is possible the sensor has stuck with the water. Not like it wasn't going to crap out eventually though
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has anyone done a CLR treatment of the coolant tank?
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I recently flushed my coolant and refilled with an 80/20 water to coolant mixture, and shortly after my coolant light came on. After not being able to figure out the cause I just unplugged the sensor and now I just check the level a few times a week.
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