Temperature Gauge

[johnno26]

Hi,

Can any help? I've just brought a Seat Ibiza Cupra 1.8 20VT

Every morning for the past 3 mornings when I start my car you hear a loud beep (twice) and then the light be the temperatue gauge flashes red for about 2 minutes and then stops.

The car has been 'hooked up' to computers at Seat, but they car find anything wrong.

Has anyone heard for this before?

Thanks

Mark

 

[Saul]

sounds like it could be a faulty coolant temp sensor, reasonably common

 

[JIMYU]

if you do a search mate you'll get all the info you need. Happens to loads of people with this cold weather...

search temperature beep, or flash beep

 

[John007]

Mine has been doing the same also.
I just added a mere splash of water in the expansion tank and all seemed well this morning.

 

[Saul]

erm, one thing, check the cap on the expansion tank is on correctly, and that the plug for the sensor is well connected

you would be surprised how the computer operators, i mean mechanics, miss these things

 

[cupragaz]

have had this problem before with quite a few cars and its the expantion bottle that is at fault , it wont produce a fault code either hence most mechanics miss it, hope that is helpfull

 

[Ninja]

check you have enough coolant in the first place as could be as simple as that!!!

I had the same problem a couple of times and even though the coolant was above the minimun level (I couldnt find a max level!) I found that putting in a little more antifreeze and water sorted the problems