kennethsime
Veteran Member
Hey all,
I've got a 2004 BEW that is sometimes a bit slow to warm up, and has a coolant light come on about 50% of the time I'm driving. It seems to me that these two things are related, and often occur when starting on a cold morning. I bought the car about a year ago, but hadn't really taken it anywhere due to COVID. I think I've topped off the coolant reservoir once or twice in the past year. The previous owner mentioned a shop thought it might be the EGR cooler, but I don't have any paperwork to that effect.
I had the car into the shop this week to look at a few things, and they pressurized the coolant system but found no leaks.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? To me the behavior is kind of like a thermostat that's getting sticky. Any other reason the coolant light would come on sometimes?
I've got a 2004 BEW that is sometimes a bit slow to warm up, and has a coolant light come on about 50% of the time I'm driving. It seems to me that these two things are related, and often occur when starting on a cold morning. I bought the car about a year ago, but hadn't really taken it anywhere due to COVID. I think I've topped off the coolant reservoir once or twice in the past year. The previous owner mentioned a shop thought it might be the EGR cooler, but I don't have any paperwork to that effect.
I had the car into the shop this week to look at a few things, and they pressurized the coolant system but found no leaks.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? To me the behavior is kind of like a thermostat that's getting sticky. Any other reason the coolant light would come on sometimes?