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After cruising around town, I pulled into my friends house popped my hood, checked the coolant level in the bottle, and it was almost bone dry. Ran over to the gas station, got some Coolant, then went home and mixed it 50/50 and added it to my resivour[sp].
To keep this from happening again, I came up with an idea to use the washer float in the washer bottle to monitor the level of the coolant.
Pics:
Washer Bottle with wires to float disconnected
Float
Washer float in coolant bottle. Fits perfectly! Just need to extend the wire on the connector to plug up to it.
I tested to see how much the foam part of the float needs to be in the liquid to push it up into the top. It needs about 1inch to be submerged to make it float. So i just need to find a way to extend the float/foam so that it will not float when the coolant level is at the ADD line.
So when the coolant level is at ADD, it will cause the Washer Light to lite up and thus you know you're running low on coolant.
Questions for ya. Will the coolant desolve the foam? Anyones see any problems with this method? Desides you'll have to cover up the hole in the washer bottle and you wont be alerted that you're out of washer fluid.
To keep this from happening again, I came up with an idea to use the washer float in the washer bottle to monitor the level of the coolant.
Pics:
Washer Bottle with wires to float disconnected
Float
Washer float in coolant bottle. Fits perfectly! Just need to extend the wire on the connector to plug up to it.
I tested to see how much the foam part of the float needs to be in the liquid to push it up into the top. It needs about 1inch to be submerged to make it float. So i just need to find a way to extend the float/foam so that it will not float when the coolant level is at the ADD line.
So when the coolant level is at ADD, it will cause the Washer Light to lite up and thus you know you're running low on coolant.
Questions for ya. Will the coolant desolve the foam? Anyones see any problems with this method? Desides you'll have to cover up the hole in the washer bottle and you wont be alerted that you're out of washer fluid.