New Here?
Toggle Content
   

Toggle Content User Info
Welcome

Anonymous

Nickname
Password
Register

Membership:
Latest: heikkisj
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 17126

Online Now [50]:
Visitors: 49
Bots: 1
Members: 0
Staff Online Now:

No staff members are online!
Page Views:
Today: 9215
Total: 100223630

Toggle Content Main Menu
 General Info Goodies Search Web Stats Members
 Donations

 

Forums › The Car › 206 Talk › Best way to clean coolant reservoir?


 
 

Best way to clean coolant reservoir?
Forum Index206 Talk
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Reply to topic Printer Friendly Page watchs.gif View Previous Topic View Next Topic
Author
Message
finners
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:44 pm Up
Getting to like it here


Offline

Joined: May 07, 2011
Posts: 39
Trade Rating: 0
Location: West Yorkshire


Guys,

I noticed that I can hardly see the level of the coolant in my reservoir and was wondering what the best way to clean the reservoir is.

Is it also worth changing the coolant at the same time only I've had the car about 5 years and its never been done?

I did try to find a How to on the forum but couldnt find one (nothing to say there isnt one its probs just me being bad at searching)!!!

cheers

206 5 DOOR ESTATE 1.4i 75 (TU3JP) Manual gearbox 5 - 54 Plate
View user's profile
Quarmbo
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:48 pm Up
Paid up Member of the Info Exchange


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 2194
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Bristol & Leicester


It would have been changed during a full service - tell me its been serviced properly?!

And they're normally quite a dense white colour - I doubt cleaning it would do much good.

Ford SportGay-A
View user's profile
MattyP
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:50 pm Up
Member can now request Custom Stars


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3262
Trade Rating: +18
Location: Plymouth


tbh mate it's not worth cleaning as its white plastic and is not opaque so you couldn't see the coolant level anyway, i got the same problem and looking to replace with a alloy tank with sight glass but nobody makes them
 
View user's profile
finners
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:56 pm Up
Getting to like it here


Offline

Joined: May 07, 2011
Posts: 39
Trade Rating: 0
Location: West Yorkshire


Quarmbo wrote:
It would have been changed during a full service - tell me its been serviced properly?!

And they're normally quite a dense white colour - I doubt cleaning it would do much good.

It last had a proper service at 20,000 and its now on 64,000. I changed the oil, oil filter and air filter last year.

It had new brakes and discs fitted to the front wheels the other week.

I am in the process of doing what I can. I'm going to be changing the plugs and brake fluid myself soon.

Is it worth doing a coolant change then?

206 5 DOOR ESTATE 1.4i 75 (TU3JP) Manual gearbox 5 - 54 Plate
View user's profile
Quarmbo
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:00 pm Up
Paid up Member of the Info Exchange


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 2194
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Bristol & Leicester


Yes, for definite. So its done 44k miles without a proper service?! Assuming it was a full service at 20k. Crikey. Either do a full service yourself or take it somewhere and get a full service.
Ford SportGay-A
View user's profile
finners
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:04 pm Up
Getting to like it here


Offline

Joined: May 07, 2011
Posts: 39
Trade Rating: 0
Location: West Yorkshire


Quarmbo wrote:
Yes, for definite. So its done 44k miles without a proper service?! Assuming it was a full service at 20k. Crikey. Either do a full service yourself or take it somewhere and get a full service.

Yep I'll be doing it myself Rolling Eyes

206 5 DOOR ESTATE 1.4i 75 (TU3JP) Manual gearbox 5 - 54 Plate
View user's profile
Lee
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:08 pm Up
Custom - Black Stars


Offline

Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England


Needs the cambelt doing as well
View user's profile
finners
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:10 pm Up
Getting to like it here


Offline

Joined: May 07, 2011
Posts: 39
Trade Rating: 0
Location: West Yorkshire


Lee wrote:
Needs the cambelt doing as well

Yep, I might get someone to do that for me though.

206 5 DOOR ESTATE 1.4i 75 (TU3JP) Manual gearbox 5 - 54 Plate
View user's profile
MrBSI
PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 3:58 pm Up
Custom - Black Stars


Offline

Joined: Nov 27, 2010
Posts: 11519
Trade Rating: +10
Location: What's it to you? ? ?


finners wrote:
Guys,

I noticed that I can hardly see the level of the coolant in my reservoir and was wondering what the best way to clean the reservoir is.


Take it of & put it in the dish washer Wink

View user's profile
Davels
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:20 am Up
Loving the 206 Experience


Offline

Joined: Jul 03, 2010
Posts: 282
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Norfolk


In all seriousness how do people check their water level? I have a 2.0 engine with the square reservoir as the back of the engine bay. As said above it s white plastic you can't see through. I normally takes me around 10 minutes with a torch wobbling the car like made to try and spot it. There must be an easier way.
Out off all the things this is the most ridiculous thing on my car.

View user's profile
CD-B3
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:23 am Up
Custom - China Stars


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 6055
Trade Rating: +53
Location: Salisbury / New Forest


Davels wrote:
In all seriousness how do people check their water level? I have a 2.0 engine with the square reservoir as the back of the engine bay. As said above it s white plastic you can't see through. I normally takes me around 10 minutes with a torch wobbling the car like made to try and spot it. There must be an easier way.
Out off all the things this is the most ridiculous thing on my car.

Agreed. Was a right pain when I had my 206s

205 GTi Project Thread - 206 GTi Thread - Mk1 MX5 Project Thread
Over 40 positive buying and selling transactions

 
View user's profile
Mackyscatty45
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 12:19 pm Up
Full on 206 Owner


Offline

Joined: Mar 21, 2010
Posts: 118
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Oxford


Smile easiest way to check ive found is with a torch and wobble the hell out of it to see the level.....mmmm invention?
 

Team:Quicksilver
Team:2.0 HDI
View user's profile
Rob2859
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:30 pm Up
Custom - Black Stars


Offline

Joined: Mar 29, 2010
Posts: 3977
Trade Rating: +15
Location: Halifax


mine has kind of gone a light brown but i can see it fairly well
 
View user's profile
Edward
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:25 am Up
Member can now request Custom Stars


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 7045
Trade Rating: +5
Location: In the garage


I always put slightly more than the recommended amount of coolant in so when the hose is squeezed you can see the coolant level moving.
2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible.
View user's profile
MattyP
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:35 am Up
Member can now request Custom Stars


Offline

Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3262
Trade Rating: +18
Location: Plymouth


i have the same issue but because forge or bailey don't do anything for the 206 we're stuck with it, i sometimes feed something inside to check the level but the nozzle is a weird shape so it is difficult to get an accurate level
 
View user's profile
Reply to topic Printer Friendly Page watchs.gif View Previous Topic View Next Topic All times are GMT
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Forum Index206 Talk

Page 1 of 2
  You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum

 
We are not responsible for comments posted by our users, as they are the property of the poster
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy