Coolant reservoir - worth a check!

[muzikill]

It's the little bottle down the side to the left of the engine, hard to see and get to!

As i have the engine out it was worth a check, this little bottle has overflow rubber hoses coming in and going out and is a very important part of your engines ability to keep cool and breath!

Let this be a warning not to fill it with tap water and the wrong type of coolant.

You should be using a 50/50 mix of Distilled water & Ethylene Glycol Anti freeze (NOT alcohol based anti freeze)

The rubber hose that comes out the bottom of it was clogged up as well so it wasnt doing its job. I cleaned it out using fresh warm water and a handfull of metal nuts and shook it like mad to dislodge all the crud at the bottom.

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[jonny.boyd]

I think many under-estimate exactly how important water / coolant is to the well-being of their engine!!

My sister ran her car for about 2 months on NO coolant... engine cracked!

Good post! Looks like alot of crap settled to the bottom of the reservoir bottle

[muzikill]

Plus it had blocked one of the hoses, i dont think it had any relation to my gearbox problem but i was lucky that this didnt produce any problems beyond that. Sv's need a lot of tlc that one of the things ive discovered so far.

Ask yourselves do i check these sort of things on a regular basis? - i wouldnt rely solely on the yearly service to pick up this kind of stuff.

[yorkie_chris]

TBH in that instance, it wouldn't do any harm, worst it could do is leave the radiator low by couple of ml if the crap stopped coolant from returning.

[muzikill]

Update: - i found out where you can get the right coolant fluids.

Asda's coolant is the right type (check the back of it to make sure)
Tesco's sell distilled water £1.50 for 1L

[mikerj]

You can buy the right type of coolant in lots of places; any motor factors will sell a suitable product, and probably most supermarkets.

[drbyers]

Bringing back this thread from the dead because i can't get the coolant reservoir out. GRRRRR. Hey Muzkill, I sent a PM asking how it's done.

[muzikill]

I cant remember how its held in tbh.

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