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Why is there no indication to warn of no coolant
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December 15th 04, 04:20 AM
Alex Rodriguez
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In article .com>,
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>Hi,
>I have a 2001 civic. The water pump leaked and all the coolant came
>out. After driving it for a while the engine melted, surprise. the
>thing is, there was no indication on the temp gauge of overheating and
>there was no warning of any kind that the coolant was empty. shouldn't
>there have been at least a check engine light warning. Why didn't the
>temp gauge go up?
If the coolant was slowly leaking, the smell of antifreeze should have
told you to check the coolant. Also, before all off the coolant leaked
out, the temperature gauge should have been crawling up.
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