View Single Post
  #1  
Old 09-13-2006, 02:54 PM
Vronsky's Avatar
Vronsky Vronsky is offline
Enemy combatant
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Amsterdam, Old Europe
Posts: 841
Low coolant light & bad idle

I'm noticing this really strange gremlin after I've parked my car on a declining stretch of road (nose down):
upon starting the engine, the 'low coolant level light' stays on, and the engine idles very rough, as if running on three cylinders (out of four). After 20 seconds the idle runs fine again, and the coolant light goes out after driving some 50 yards. Coolant level is fine. Sometimes the rough idle also happens on starting without the coolant light on.

What could be wrong here??
__________________
2011 Prius
Reply With Quote