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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:55 am |
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What Seb says seems to make sense.
If you are concerned i'd definetly take it somewhere else just to get someone elses opinion, you can always go back to them if you find there is cause for concern.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:56 am |
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| cruncher75 wrote: |
| Seb wrote: |
I'd change the coolant if I were you if it's been in for 5 years and is brown 
Just make sure you get the right stuff, the red and blue coolants shouldn't be mixed.
Maybe that's what happened and it's silted? |
Do u mean get a new bottle |
Just get a garage to flush the coolant system and add some fresh. It wont cost alot. was £12 for me I think.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:57 am |
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Do it yourself you lazy sod
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:01 am |
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| PugJH wrote: |
when you say water bottle do you mean coolant?
maybe its been filled with tap water, which i was always told would start scaling. |
Far better of using distilled or deionised water in the cooling system mixed 50 / 50 with a decent coolant / antifreeze.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:05 am |
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| cruncher75 wrote: |
| Seb wrote: |
I'd change the coolant if I were you if it's been in for 5 years and is brown
Just make sure you get the right stuff, the red and blue coolants shouldn't be mixed.
Maybe that's what happened and it's silted? |
Do u mean get a new bottle |
Stick it in the dishwasher if you have one.
OR
NON bio dishwasher or washing up powder / liquid / tablets & take the car for a drive to get it up to a decent temp, helps clean the cooling system out wonderful.
Whatever you use it MUST, I repeat MUST be NON bio!
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:08 am |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| PugJH wrote: |
when you say water bottle do you mean coolant?
maybe its been filled with tap water, which i was always told would start scaling. |
Far better of using distilled or deionised water in the cooling system mixed 50 / 50 with a decent coolant / antifreeze. |
I got good old deionised mixed with a decent antifreeze, what i always used in the Red 206 when i swapped the rad and flushed it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:10 am |
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Ive got deionised water on tap at work 
We get around 4 - 6 months out of a cartridge depending on how many & how often the batteries get topped up.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:18 am |
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Funnily enough my cars just come from the garage the other day to have the head gasket changed, the massive sign was the leaking although it drove a good 1000 miles before it was changed 
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:37 am |
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mine vaux has a leaking oil cooler and makes the water all dirty and oil in it, dunno if the pugs have them ??
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:40 am |
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| NorthantsBen wrote: |
| mine vaux has a leaking oil cooler and makes the water all dirty and oil in it, dunno if the pugs have them ?? |
Not on a TU3
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:44 am |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| NorthantsBen wrote: |
| mine vaux has a leaking oil cooler and makes the water all dirty and oil in it, dunno if the pugs have them ?? |
Not on a TU3 |
i knew that one lol was talking about the rest of range in general if they do or not?? should have made my self more clear.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:25 am |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010
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