gandhimate
New member
Hi all,
My 2006 GP 1.2 seems to be losing coolant/water at a very rapid rate, with no visible leaks.
It can go from the max point in the reservoir, to the min in about 20 miles, however last week when driving back from a holiday (around 70 miles) it never dropped that much at all.
It seems to be quite varying on how quickly the coolant depletes, but slowly getting worse.
On instructions from a mechanic friend, I have ordered a thermostat. He did not think it was the water pump as the coolant was circulating back into the reservoir after running the engine for about 30 mins. Oil seems clean, no obvious gunk under the cap or on dipstick.
Car seems to be running perfectly, not overheating at all etc. (apart from last week when I was on said holiday and the car completely ran out of coolant - bringing the issue to my attention). I also tried radweld plus, but that hasn't had much of an effect.
Searching online brings up pretty varying issues from the tank cap, to the radiotor, head gasket etc. and I cannot pin down what it could be with my very limited knowledge.
Any ideas? Car has done 50k miles.
Thanks!!
My 2006 GP 1.2 seems to be losing coolant/water at a very rapid rate, with no visible leaks.
It can go from the max point in the reservoir, to the min in about 20 miles, however last week when driving back from a holiday (around 70 miles) it never dropped that much at all.
It seems to be quite varying on how quickly the coolant depletes, but slowly getting worse.
On instructions from a mechanic friend, I have ordered a thermostat. He did not think it was the water pump as the coolant was circulating back into the reservoir after running the engine for about 30 mins. Oil seems clean, no obvious gunk under the cap or on dipstick.
Car seems to be running perfectly, not overheating at all etc. (apart from last week when I was on said holiday and the car completely ran out of coolant - bringing the issue to my attention). I also tried radweld plus, but that hasn't had much of an effect.
Searching online brings up pretty varying issues from the tank cap, to the radiotor, head gasket etc. and I cannot pin down what it could be with my very limited knowledge.
Any ideas? Car has done 50k miles.
Thanks!!