I was driving my srt4 and I seen my coolant level passed the half way mark just a lil bit. Then it goes back down a lil bit back to the half way mark is this ok? It just worrys me I just brought the car. Does any body else have this problem? And wen I turn my heater on I smell coolant a lil.
As long as it doesn't overheat. Movement is normal, it's just showing your thermostat opening and closing.
The coolant level is fine it's full thanks man I thought this wasn't normal. I'm so use to my Honda it just stays in one place.
In the SRT4 (and SRT-8 for that matter) the temperature gauge actually moves depending on engine temp. You can easily tell when the thermostat opens up.
^ What he said...a little above the half-way is the normal high point for a stock thermostat car. As for the smelling coolant when you turn your heater on that is not normal. Hopefully that is just your imagination, 'cause you were freaked about the gauge movement. If not, then you probably should get that checked...
I will make sure that ill get this checked out.. the weird thing is that my friend has dodge truck and wen he turns on his heat on low he smells coolant too. R u sure this not a normal thing for dodge?
If it is, then my car is abnormal...'cause I don't ever smell coolant when I use the heat. Which normally I could write off as just me, 'cause I don't really smell anything. (according to my wife...LoL!) But, she has NEVER complained either, and she can smell just about anything.
Thanks man the car is running fine now but the check engine light came on.. The code is a po551 it's for the power steering sensor I'll get this fix ASAP.
My first idea would be a bad temp sensor, which can give erratic & false readings when everything is actually functioning fine. It is important to verify everything is good though, because temps in the red can quickly damage your engine.