Author Topic: COOLANT LEAK ISSUE  (Read 12644 times)

Offline bertmort8

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Re: COOLANT LEAK ISSUE
« Reply #20 on: 04 November 2009, 20:00 »
i had mine fixed last week, all it was was leaky ahem 'rubbers'

just basically changed over the washers and something to do with the housing too but i didnt understand of most what he was telling me

got covered on my warranty too so happy with that
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Offline Gene Hunt.

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Re: COOLANT LEAK ISSUE
« Reply #21 on: 15 January 2010, 03:13 »
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I have a look under my bonnet about once a week (well, it's just an excuse to handle all that luverly lightweight black shiny carbonfibre :smug:) and I noticed my coolant level had suddenly dropped about 3/4 of an inch one morning after a freezing cold night (unheated garage).

I phoned my friendly dealer and he said top it up with a bit of water to a 'mark' and check it every day and come back to him if it continued to lose.

It's happened once more but only during that very cold snow spell we had and without any dashboard warnings being activated.

While having the 60k miles cambelt kit change, they pressure tested the coolant line and found no leakage or problem but have replaced the coolant (£21.36 for 3 units).

I would post a pic of my coolant liquid but this is more interesting :evil: : -


........checked mine yesterday & mine was just above the min mark.No warning light on dash & the day before was freezing cold with sheet ice over the car for 12hrs while at work.Mate works for VW so he's getting me a bottle of g12 today so will keep an eye on it.
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