1.8T Dash Message : STOP! CHECK COOLANT SERVICE MANUAL

[snowfiend]

Got a problem with my 1.8T.....only had it a week and driven it twice  :embarassed:

I turned the engine on and got three beeps followed by 'STOP! CHECK COOLANT SERVICE MANUAL' message on the dash.

The message goes straight away and doesn't re-appear whilst driving, only on start up.

The car seems fine, doesn't seem to be over heating. I took the car for a steady drive of about 10-15 miles keeping a steady eye on the temp gauge and it never went above 90 degrees.

Brought the car back home, turned the engine off and let it cool down a bit.  Turned it on again on the drive and it's not showing the message anymore !?!

I've checked the coolant level and it seems to be sitting in-between MIN & MAX in the expansion globe/bottle so that looks ok to me.

What temp does the Rad fan normally kick in ?  Cant say I heard the fan working whilst driving but to be honest I wasn't listening out for it. 

I wanted to check the fuses incase the Rad fan isn't working but cant seem to work out which one it should be....I thought F16 but that doesn't appear to be a working fuse socket on my car (ie: no internals)

Any ideas ?

[dai-cymru]

the fan wont come in at these temps unless your driving very hard gauge should sit at 90

i expect you need a new coolant expansion bottle quiet common failure as the level sender is in the bottle. about a tenner i think for a new one

[Rhyso]

the fan wont come in at these temps unless your driving very hard gauge should sit at 90

i expect you need a new coolant expansion bottle quiet common failure as the level sender is in the bottle. about a tenner i think for a new one

Dai is correct - the sensor does fail and a new bottle is £9.32 part no 1JO 121 403 B 

[snowfiend]

Thanks chaps 

Will try and order one online now.

Assume it's ok to drive the car in the meantime yeah ?

[Rhyso]

Thanks chaps 

Will try and order one online now.

Assume it's ok to drive the car in the meantime yeah ?

cheaper from the dealer unless you pick it up for a fiver lol

shoud be fine seeing as you got the correct amount of fluid - its only the sensor thats playing up; if you had lost coolant then i'd look for leaks etc

[Miggie]

This happened to me but when getting the coolant to max level it never happened again..

[JamieGTi]

This happened to me the day I got mine!

It was a new water pump required, £300 job 

Parts are cheap but labour is a p*ss take because of its location