Coolant light in cold weather

[anoyceperson]

Hi guys,

Got a bit of a weird issue. When it's cold I get a warning beep and a flashing red light next to the coolant temperature gauge. From looking in the manual or seems to be suggesting the coolant level is low, but have checked a few times and it's fine. If I let the engine warm up to temp and then turn the ignition off and on again it always clears. Is this anything to worry about?

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[traumapat]

try scraping the prongs inside the header tank... If that doesnt stop it replace header tank which also replaces the level sensor.

 

[anoyceperson]

Thanks! I scraped the prongs and that appears to have fixed it! Not had any really cold days since then but fingers crossed.

 

[traumapat]

It usually sorts it

 

[CH1]

Hi guys,

Got a bit of a weird issue. When it's cold I get a warning beep and a flashing red light next to the coolant temperature gauge. From looking in the manual or seems to be suggesting the coolant level is low, but have checked a few times and it's fine. If I let the engine warm up to temp and then turn the ignition off and on again it always clears. Is this anything to worry about?

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I have this exact problem for some time now. Asked SEAT on the phone of course they wanted to fit a new sensor @£60 approx, so will try to scrape the prongs as suggested.

Was it easy to access them? Anyone got any advice or photos.

 

[anoyceperson]

Literally open the top of the washer bottle and you can see the prongs. Get a screw driver and scrape the crap off them. Worked fine for me after that. Not got any pics I am afraid but you can't miss it if you take the bottle top off

 

[dylantuk]

I've just developed that issue and looking for a fix but wouldn't scraping the prongs send the crap into the coolant system??

 

[traumapat]

If its that furred up get a new header tank

 

[65coupe]

Going to try this myself this morning - it seems to happen every morning throughout the winter, and it's not THAT cold...