Hi All,
My car was with the main dealer for an oil consumption test and they made me aware of a coolant leak....
It must be recent as I've had no warning lights/over heating and have not long had the car serviced.
The level was below the minimum.
Last night I topped it up to the max level and drove home (80 miles up a motorway) and checked it this morning and the level was between the Max & Min marks....so it's obviously leaking quite a bit.
Question: The dealer didn't think it was a hose because there would be coolant sprayed everywhere and thought it would be the pump or thermostat.....could it be anywhere else? (looking at it there seems to be drips directly below the coolant reservoir itself as if that's leaking but I cant be sure of this and cant rule out there being a puddle of coolant elsewhere.
The dealer wants £140 to diagnose the fault and said a thermostat (their best guess diagnosis) will be around the £700 mark.
Question: I'm not in a position to afford that repair right now so could I put this off by constantly topping it up for the time being or does this have implications?
Thanks in advance,
Greg
My car was with the main dealer for an oil consumption test and they made me aware of a coolant leak....
It must be recent as I've had no warning lights/over heating and have not long had the car serviced.
The level was below the minimum.
Last night I topped it up to the max level and drove home (80 miles up a motorway) and checked it this morning and the level was between the Max & Min marks....so it's obviously leaking quite a bit.
Question: The dealer didn't think it was a hose because there would be coolant sprayed everywhere and thought it would be the pump or thermostat.....could it be anywhere else? (looking at it there seems to be drips directly below the coolant reservoir itself as if that's leaking but I cant be sure of this and cant rule out there being a puddle of coolant elsewhere.
The dealer wants £140 to diagnose the fault and said a thermostat (their best guess diagnosis) will be around the £700 mark.
Question: I'm not in a position to afford that repair right now so could I put this off by constantly topping it up for the time being or does this have implications?
Thanks in advance,
Greg