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coolent light coming on during hard accelaration 850

posted by  someone claiming to be sniper on  Thu May 30 05:02 CST 2002 [RELATED]


This red light that looks like a bottle and has a fan in the middle is going during really hard accelarations.

Any ideas?








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    coolent light coming on during hard accelaration 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be bill on  Thu May 30 16:19 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    Yeah. Top up your coolant.








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    coolent light coming on during hard accelaration 850

    posted by  RobP on  Thu May 30 15:55 CST 2002
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    My 94 turbo did the same thing,once it was the cap, if I remember correctly, the next time - a small hole in the radiator itself that allowed coolant to escape while driving only- so no puddles while parked.... The radiator is plastic and it's expensive so save up if that's the prob.








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    coolent light coming on during hard accelaration 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray N. on  Thu May 30 05:25 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    This is reported here fairly often (has happened on both
    of my Volvos).

    The coolant overflow tank has a sensor that detects low coolant.
    You are just a bit low and when you accelerate the fluid is pushed
    to the back of the bottle momentarily triggering the sensor/light.

    You need to top off the coolant.

    Note: Don't open the coolant cap unless the engine is cold.

    Older gray colored coolant overflow tank caps are known to leak a bit.
    Newer blue / green /teal (depend on who you ask) are improved. You
    might want to replace the cap with a newer one in case the current
    one is leaking a bit when under pressure.








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      coolent light coming on during hard accelaration 850 1995

      posted by  Jay P on  Thu May 30 07:14 CST 2002
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      Ray is absolutely right. I had the exact same problem on my '95 854 Turbo. During hard acceleration the red coolant light would come on. Found out that the stock grey coolant cap was warped and cracked, and it was leaking some coolant, not to mention depressurizing the coolant tank. I went to the dealer and they replaced it with a cool lookin' green/teal cap and topped off the coolant. Now no more problems, and no more light!

      --
      '95 Volvo 854 Turbo: Gold Edition
      K&N Air Filter, Leather, 6 disc CD-changer, Rear Spoiler
      tinted windows







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