1996 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 119

Low Coolant Warning Light If you have this light it and comes on, your system may be low on coolant and the engine may overheat. Engine Coolant Temperature Gage This gage shows the engine coolant temperature. LOW COOLANT If the gage pointer moves into thered ,area, your engine is too hot! The CHECK GAGES light will go on and a warning chime wl sound, if you il have this option. If you It means that your engine coolant has overheated. normal have been 'operating your vehicle under driving conditions, you should pull off the road, stop your soon as possible. vehicle and turn,off the engine as In the section "Problems on the Road," manual this in explains what to do. "Engine Overheating" See the Index. Check to see the levelis low at the recovery if tank,and add coolantif necessary. If the levelis not low, have your low coolant warning system serviced. See "Engine Coolant" in the Index. The LOW COOLANT warning lightwill also come on when youturn on the ignition, but your engine is not running,as a check to showyou it is working. If it doesn't come on then, have fixed right away. it After the buIb check, the light go out for seconds. will 20 If the light comes backon after 20 seconds, the system may be low on ,coolant. See "Engine Coolant'' in the Index. , .-; '. . .-.