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Rainier · 2013-02-27 09:19:57

Owners manual pp 223 paragraph 2 FWIW Read off the engine coolant level. "When the engine is cold and the vehicle is level, the red display (ball) must be within the area of the arrow between the min & the max markings. " correct...i took the reading on a dead cold engine, filled a 50/50 mixture when i returned from an extended trip I waited until the engine was warm and while it was at max, there was still significant room to add more (which I did not do).

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03-05-2013, 05:52 AM

ChuckJ

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Talked to a Porsche tech about this as my coolant level was at minimum. Was worried and curious at the same time as none of my gauges went into alert mode and the temp gauge was normal. He said that both oil and coolant should be checked when the engine is warm. Checking level when the engine is cold could give you a misreading. I checked when engine was cold and coolant was at min. Will drive the car and warm up the engine and check again at that time as see if there is a difference. I think the tech may be right as, if the coolant is actually at min, the temp gauge would have shot up and I would have received some visual warnings . . .

My service manager says that the first sign that the coolant is getting low enough to be concerned (other than the min indicator in the coolant fill area) is that when the car first starts warming up, the temperature will go above the 200 and then settle back down to 200. The second indication is the low coolant light. And he didn't say the third, but I assume it's when the temp skyrockets and the sign says "congratulations on your expected new engine"

. He told me to bring it in and they would top it off and check it.

ChuckJ

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