Annoying little coolant leak
Annoying little coolant leak
I've been struggling with a loss of about 250ml of coolant every couple of days for a little while now and have been dealing with it by topping up at £10 a bottle of coolant (diluted to 50%) as this seemed far cheaper than paying someone to inspect the system.
Happened to be near Amersham on Friday so popped into CPC and Phil found the problem almost immediately - a hairline crack at the top of the radiator near the expansion tank.
Given that this was the original radiator from 10 years and 227k miles ago, it's lasted well, but it needed to be changed We also changed the expansion tank whilst we were there for good measure - the first one lasted about 120k miles, so we reckoned the incumbent was due a change before it split.
Job done and coolant levels appear to be constant so, hopefully, that's the end of it for a while
Happened to be near Amersham on Friday so popped into CPC and Phil found the problem almost immediately - a hairline crack at the top of the radiator near the expansion tank.
Given that this was the original radiator from 10 years and 227k miles ago, it's lasted well, but it needed to be changed We also changed the expansion tank whilst we were there for good measure - the first one lasted about 120k miles, so we reckoned the incumbent was due a change before it split.
Job done and coolant levels appear to be constant so, hopefully, that's the end of it for a while
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Not sure about immortality but I reckon we are getting close to having changed everything that could be changedjamesa wrote:Good news then Charles, another step towards immortality
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
You should see the size of the folderjamesa wrote:... hope that you haven`t retained the receipts then (doubt it somehow)
Interestingly though, the spreadsheet allows me to see how much the car has cost me per mile. Including fuel, depreciation, insurance, roadtax and all the various repairs and maintenance items, I still cannot believe that my car has cost less than 50p/mile over its lifetime which, in my book, is excellent news
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
That's exactly what I've done, Jim - hence this postrcshott wrote:That's NAUGHTY Charles.... with a car like that.... well, ANY car really, a problem like that has the potential.... well... you know!
Tut, tut & investigate!!! ASAP
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!