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Replying to: bremertong (Jun 06, 2006 7:39 pm) The warmed garage also helps on the contaminants left in the oil in cold weather during starting warmups. Our cars are in garage at minimum 40 deg. F. in winter. Usually 50. If your car is treated that way and not started in cold weather with a cold motor regularly (at work to come home) and your summers are rarely above 65, you can make the extra miles and change twice a year very safely. You're the closest to the normal description for ideal service intervals I've read.
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 07, 2006 3:51 am) frustrating to have the coolant issue come up today, guess I have been lucky in that in the five years of ownership of two Devilles this is the first time a check anything message has come on. |
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As I was leaving home today, about one mile out, the check engine coolant message flashed on the message center. I drove about five miles to my first destination and than stopped at a local service station and asked them to check. They said was just about full. I have owned the car for two years and this is the first time this has happened. Plan to wait and see if it happens again. Have others had this message when the coolant level was full? If it happens again I will need to have Cadillac dealership check. Could it be a faulty module or some such thing?
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Replying to: bremertong (Jun 07, 2006 8:04 pm)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jun 08, 2006 5:35 am) There is sometimes water on the tray but have assumed it is condensation from the air conditioning system, it is off to the the side at about where the driver seat is. If the water pump is leaking would water have color to it? if so what color should I look for? Would there be leaking even if the car had not been out for a day? Is there a particular location under the car that a water pump leak would appear on the garage floor or tray (2004 Deville)?
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Replying to: bremertong (Jun 08, 2006 9:09 pm) If you still have the right coolant, it should be the orange stuff. Your dealer can do a pressure test, which will take some time, to see if the cooling system is leaking. The water pump leakage can be intermittent till it fails and the engine overheats.
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Replying to: sls002 (Jun 09, 2006 5:25 am) schedule a service department visit with a Cadillac dealership. Will probably go to the dealer 60 miles away in that I was more impressed with them than the dealer closer to me. I am scheduled for an oil change in the next two to four weeks and if no further coolant message occurs I will wait and mention at oil change time. So far as I know the coolant is the original that came with the car.
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Replying to: bremertong (Jun 09, 2006 8:00 pm) A leaky water pump should have left some evidence and since you are checking for an oil leak, I think that you should have seen something. If you are getting an oil change soon, you can have it checked out then. At this point I would not panic. They should put some coolant in though, to prevent additional messages. Then, you should monitor the coolant level for the next several weeks to be sure that coolant is not disappearing. I recomment monitoring the coolant level on a regular basis anyway, when the oil level is checked, like weekly or at least 2 to 3 times monthly. |
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If your not seeing any leaks just chalk it up to a "glitch" on these new gadget laden vehicles ! Sure you weren't out "driftracing" or doing a few WOT passes cleaning the carbon outta that N-star monster motor? I have to take out my moms DeVille and beat on it once in a while to clean it out! Most likely just the coolant in the res. just sloshing about and triggering the low coolant message. But before a wasted trip to the dealer keep a eye on your coolant level................. 
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Replying to: geo9 (Jun 10, 2006 5:11 am) |
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