saturn manual-warning lites

can anyone tell me what the following warning lite means. its right
next to the 'security' word. its a box with waves in it and an arrow
pointing down. its red all the time. i didnt get a manual with my used
car. can even email a jpeg of the page that has the dash warning lites
on it to . id appreciate it..thanks

 

Be more helpful if you'd let us know what year & model your Saturn is...

 

Sounds like the low coolant light. Check the coolant reservoir. On some
cars, it takes a bit more than the Full line to keep the low coolant light
off all of the time. If the fluid level is fine, try tapping the reservoir
near where the sensor connector is - the float can sometimes stick down.

 

im sorry..new here. its a saturn 2000 sl

 

Look at this one
http://www.saturndan.com/99sfccool13738.pdf

Dan has some selected sections of various owner's manuals on his website at
http://www.saturndan.com/s_service.htm

I find that the owner's manual, while it contains some extremely obvious
stuff (to keep the lawyers happy?), there is a lot of information that is
not intuuitive even to mechanically savy folks. If you don't have a copy of
the manual for your car, consider buying one from your Saturn parts dept.
Might even find one on ebay...

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You may want to check for coolant in your oil. I had this problem -- bad
head, engine had to be rebuilt.

Good luck!

...Steve

 

You may want to check for coolant in your oil. I had this problem -- bad

Um, yeah. Don't scare the guy before we even know what light is on!

 

thanks that was it! is it really important to use dex-cool? i used
prestone to get me by.it was only down about cup

 

It isn't disastrous to use regular coolant, but it will result in the
coolant losing its long-life properties and needing to be changed sooner.

 

Dex-Cool is a GM brand name of a weird and enhanced formulation based on
ethylene glycol.

You could have just added plain water (demineralized is preferred) for the 8
oz you needed (sorry).

Prestone makes both types of coolant - the regular green Ethylene Glycol and
the orange Dex-Cool equivalent which is labeled Extended Life 5/150.

You cannot mix coolant types.