warning light. over heating!!!

[ddmcse]

your goose is cooked
that light means that the car drank all the water it had and was looking for more . if your car is tapping into the water reservoir bottle "up front near the left headlight" it's not an air bubble .

it could have been an air bubble if you just did work on the coolant system but i doubt it .

keep pouring in plenty of coolant and start researching BHG

if you don't see water peeing out somewhere you got serious issues cuz that means the engine is using the water

[damdog05]

that is true, if you arent leaking anywhere you in for some trouble, but first look hard for leaks. i was leaking from my lower radiator hose but it was so hard to find cus it would take weeks for the bottle to lose enough coolant for the light to come on

[Ahmad88]

i got a question, it may be a little off topic but i need to know, what is the container near the left headlight on an 88 supra? when my engine overheated and i opened the hood the water in there was boiling hot, i went through 2 engines before i went to a better mechanic and got it fixed. but was is that container?

[damdog05]

that plastic bucket is the overflow bucket for your radiator. when your coolant gets hot enough itll get pushed in there instead of like busting a hose or something. you also put coolant in there and if your radiator needs more itll take it from the bucket.

[Ahmad88]

o so its ok to put water and coolant mixed in there?

[damdog05]

absolutley. thats what its made for

[Ahmad88]

ok thanks for the help man preciate it

["sharp"]

ok thanks everybody. I found a blown hose. wasnt very fun but i got it fixed. the problem now is that I filled everything up but the light wont go off. do i need to reset something or what?

[ddmcse]

you didn't fill up the bottle up front, thats what makes the light go on

it's outside the engine bay near the front left headlight


btw , what do you think made the hose blow ?


now is when you want to make sure you do not have any air pockets/air bubbles and it's completely topped off .

you need to watch it closely
the reserve bottle and the radiator watch for ANY water usage

and listen for a rushing water sound in the dash when you start up in the morning