TEMP WARNING LIGHT COMING ON

[rtxman]

HI ALL. I HAVE A 2006 RTX AND WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP IS IN THE HIGH 30'S-LOW 40'S AND THE SNOW IS GRANULAR, I CAN'T GO OVER 35 MPH OR THE TEMP LIGHT WILL COME ON AND NOT GO OFF UNTIL I SHUT HER DOWN AND LET IT COOL FOR 10 MINS. AS THE SNOW GETS SOFTER AND MORE WATER LOGGED IN THE AFTERNOON, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. IS THERE A COOLING FIX FOR THIS OR IS IT JUST A DESIGN ISSUE? DID IT FROM DAY ONE WHEN IT WAS NEW. ONLY DOES IT AT THE END OF THE SEASON WHEN TEMPS ARE MORE MILD. ANY IDEAS? THANKS..

 

[sherlock29]

Change your coolant... someone chime up but in 06 they came with 100% coolant.. no water..

and those cold mornings... need ice scratchers... this happens to both my sleds in low snow/hardpack.

 

[blackattak]

A little trick is to throw snow on your running boards as the coolant flows along them. No snow being thrown up & they will run warm. With my rear exchanger added this has not been an issue for me but in the past I spent a weekend running for 10 miles- stop load snow on running boards & repeat as needed to get me thru the trip.

 

[sherlock29]

Hey blackattack!... ya i had to do this this past weekend... we did a northern trip and in the mornings the snow was hard as He LL... we managed over 650 miles in 2 1/2 days... but yep... lots of snow on the running boards...

 

[Blue Dave]

My '07 Apex GT coolant was near 100%. I dilluted it to 60/40, added Water Wetter, and added a rear heat exchanger. No overheating since. I also added a digital temperature gauge to keep an eye on the temp.