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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / April 2004Magnet in cooling reservoir
This is a weird one... I have a 2000 Malibu, 3.1L V-6 with 40k miles. This morning I drained the coolant and refilled the system with Dex-Cool. While I was doing this job, I also removed the coolant reservoir so I could flush out all of the crud that tends to accumulate in there. After filling it with hot water and shaking it a little, I saw a chunk of something come out with the water. Turns out it's a small magnet, about 1/4" x 1/4" by 1/2". Where could this have come from? Is it part of the "Low Coolant Switch" assembly? BTW - no alarm for low coolant. doug  Signature"No good deed goes unpunished." Clare Booth Luce You are right! That is a floater with a small magnet. When fluid level reach the switch which is mounted on out side of reservior, the magnetic force will trigger the switch. If you remove that magnet, it will never have low coolant alarm. You please put the floater back to its rail. |
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