It’s not a boat – it’s the engine coolant warning light! This crucial symbol – a thermometer sitting on wavy lines – indicates an overheating engine and when it comes on, it’s your car ...

Although commonly referred to as the “check-engine light,” some cars may instead display the message “Service Engine Soon,” or show a yellow or orange outline of an engine, perhaps with ...

As the coolant flows through the engine, it absorbs some of the heat ... and/or the warning light comes on. It could be a coolant leak from one of the components, the cooling fans malfunctioning ...