Cali209

i just got a 1992 mustang 5.0 GT about a month ago when i got it a few days later it had said low coolant, so i added coolant, and its been bout 2 weeks or so, and it says low cooland again? what can this mean? and is this bad or very bad?

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ACE

It means you have to add coolant. You might have a leaky heater core or if you cant see any coolant on the ground, you might have a blown head gasket. Do you notice white smoke while you drive the car by any chance?

creekrat

It means you are obviously loosing coolant somewhere. Is the car getting hot? Is it leaking puddles on the ground or on your floorboard? Can you smell anything unusual? If so, that is bad. If not and you cant see any leaks then that may be real bad, you may be loosing it internally. Look at the inside of your oil fill cap for milky looking goo, What color if the coolant that is left in the radiator? Is it dirty brown and rusty looking?

WhiteWindsor

Check you water pump and make sure your not losing fluid out of the weep holes.

Cali209

well i added coolant 2 weeks ago and today i had to ad more cause it was empty the reserve tank or whatever for coolant, and i went a few places and it was leaking on the ground i didnt look where but when i got home i parked on the drive way and i was trying to see where it was leaking but it wasnt leaking anymore so going to wait a few to see if it starts leaking again.

So sence it is leaking out of somewhere it shouldnt be that bad right sence its not leaking into a headgasget or something right?

mattdel

crawl under and take a peek.
if the water pump is leaking, usually the balancer will be wet too.

Cali209

well me and my bro crawled under the car we didnt see anything wet, under there so we gonna wait to see where it leaks from when it starts leaking, maybe it stoped leaking cause the car is at a angle alittle on the drive way,, will i lose antefreez if i use the AC or what, that might be a dumb question but im not good with car's so just trying to wounder why i got no antefreez in the reserve tank thing

mattdel

maybe the tank is leaking

5pointslow91

check ur radiator 1st 2 see if ur actually losing coolant 1st, because those sensors go bad all the time on mustangs, my low coolant light has been on since i owned the car and even when its filled to the brim its still on. mine burns colant 2 though or its leaking or both lol

getafewlives

There's a low coolant light?