In hot water again...
Discussion
My 350i sprang a leak in one of the top hoses (from the expansion tank, to err....somewhere else) the day after I got it. I managed to shorten the hose and everything was OK, for a while anyway. After the leak I had topped up the water in the expansion tank, because I had lost some and I needed to get home. The rest of the journey was fine.
A week ago I was out and heard some gurgling after a short run out. Checking the expansion tank, I found it empty, so I topped it up (to half way). On the journey home, the overflow pipe started steaming, but I put this down to the fact that I must have over filled the expansion tank.
Now I know this is a little late to be asking but. Exactly how am I supposed to be filling my car with coolant? How far should I fill it? Now that it is full of water, how do I get it out again so I can put the right mix of coolant in? If the car has coolant, rather than just water, will it reduce the over heating (usually only in traffic)? As I live in central London, I will always be in traffic at one end of my journey, so should I have an override switch for the fan?
Sorry to be such a novice, the amount of things I don't know about cars scares the heck out of me. Just when I think I have an idea how they work, something else seems to crop up. I'll keep at it though, maybe it will be running smoothly for next summer.
Thanks for any help.
David
A week ago I was out and heard some gurgling after a short run out. Checking the expansion tank, I found it empty, so I topped it up (to half way). On the journey home, the overflow pipe started steaming, but I put this down to the fact that I must have over filled the expansion tank.
Now I know this is a little late to be asking but. Exactly how am I supposed to be filling my car with coolant? How far should I fill it? Now that it is full of water, how do I get it out again so I can put the right mix of coolant in? If the car has coolant, rather than just water, will it reduce the over heating (usually only in traffic)? As I live in central London, I will always be in traffic at one end of my journey, so should I have an override switch for the fan?
Sorry to be such a novice, the amount of things I don't know about cars scares the heck out of me. Just when I think I have an idea how they work, something else seems to crop up. I'll keep at it though, maybe it will be running smoothly for next summer.
Thanks for any help.
David
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Might I suggest getting a copy of the Wedge bible?
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Hi Steve,
I do have the bible, it was foolishly out of reach this weekend. I'm looking forward to getting my hands dirty and actually fixing something, I'm just waiting for something trivial to go wrong.
Thanks
David
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Its easy to fit (just need to take top radiator hose off + wires), comes in a kit with all you need for £40 odd.
GF.
Hmm sounds good, I'll check it out. This could be the first thing that I might actually be able to fix myself. I took my car out today, and 10 minutes later (standing in traffic) it was overheating. I had to limp home, and now I'm thinking that maybe the fan isn't working at all. So it may be something as simple as a fuse (??) or err... I don't know. I'll take a look at the weekend. See if I can see if the fan is even kicking in.
Thanks for your suggestions/support.
David
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