noroofonthecoupe

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.

Chris98Gt

I'd fill it back to the full line and see what happens. My car likes to ride just under the "add" line, if I put more in it it just disappears and settles back where it was. Check to see if it stays or if it keeps dropping, or if it finds a place where it likes to stay like mine.

JC316

Could have been an air pocket in the system that worked it's way out. Watch it closely for a little while and see if it changes.

JRad405

mine does the same thing all the time. i just ignore it and the car seems to run just fine.

Lowtryx

Can you get a cooling system pressure test? Anyone with the kit will likely lend it to you, you'll only need it for about 10 minutes.

Test the system to help you narrow down the leak.

noroofonthecoupe

I don't know anyone that has one unfortunatly...non of my friends are car guys . Is there anyway to tell if the head gasket is starting to go?

noroofonthecoupe

Does it lose coolant all the time or just stay below fill line in resevoir.