I just purchased a 1996 Mustang GT last Saturday, only had it for a week. When I was buying it the coolant light was on I figured it was no biggie, filled the coolant to the fill line. It's been a week I put about 100miles on the car and when I went to start the car today the coolant light stayed on for a couple seconds longer then normal and went off again. I checked the fluid level and it's about half an inch to an inch lower then the fill line...is this normal??? My buddy has a Z28 and he blew the head gasket on it and said he was lossing coolant for a while before the head gasket went out all together...another one of my friends has a 98 SN95 it's a v6 however and he says his losses coolant all the time in the resevoir as long as the radiator is full it's not an issue. Any thoughts, could it be the head gasket?? I checked the lines and it doesn't look like any are wet or leaking...car runs like a champ and only has 108,000miles on it.
96 GT COOLANT ISSUE
- Thread starter nova0002
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check in the valley of the block, does it have the stock intake on it because those crack? put some cardboard down under the car then you can see what leaks you have. it shouldnt leak. from the drips you can chase it upward.
DropTopPony
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The stock intakes are prone to cracking on the early 4.6's.
Top it off again and see if it drops.
You might have filled it but had a few air bubbles in the system that displaced the fluid and when they worked themselves out the fluid dropped causing the sensor to trigger the light.
Top it off again and see if it drops.
You might have filled it but had a few air bubbles in the system that displaced the fluid and when they worked themselves out the fluid dropped causing the sensor to trigger the light.
