I have just arrived in Paris in my x1/9 (1989 gran finale 12k) and am putting it on the train tomorrow to briancon near the Italian border then driving down to Tuscany.
Left London this morning, drove to Dover and on towards Paris with no problems. Then, as I was queuing to pay for the autoroute just outside paris, my temp gauge started rising and went right up into the red..nearly got to 130 but luckily was then able to drive off and temp went down to 90 or just above. Then I hit traffic and temp started rising again. I pulled over to the hard shoulder and turned the engine off, let things cool down and checked the coolant level. Coolant was boiling and low so put in half a litre of fresh coolant and half a litre of water which I had in the car. (I also checked the fan fuse which was intact). I got off the motorway as soon as I could and stopped at a bar to buy water. It took another 3 litres to fill the reservoir so in fact I had nearly been running on empty..no wonder it had overheated. Incidentally I had checked levels before I left London. I then made my way to my hotel in Paris and everything seemed to be back to normal...fan cutting in ok and I checked under the car...no leaks anywhere..
I cannot fathom how I lost four litres of coolant with no apparent leak and no overheating whilst driving on the motorway. Any ideas as to what has happened as I would obviously like to get any problems sorted prior to driving in hot temperatures in Italy. :bang:
Left London this morning, drove to Dover and on towards Paris with no problems. Then, as I was queuing to pay for the autoroute just outside paris, my temp gauge started rising and went right up into the red..nearly got to 130 but luckily was then able to drive off and temp went down to 90 or just above. Then I hit traffic and temp started rising again. I pulled over to the hard shoulder and turned the engine off, let things cool down and checked the coolant level. Coolant was boiling and low so put in half a litre of fresh coolant and half a litre of water which I had in the car. (I also checked the fan fuse which was intact). I got off the motorway as soon as I could and stopped at a bar to buy water. It took another 3 litres to fill the reservoir so in fact I had nearly been running on empty..no wonder it had overheated. Incidentally I had checked levels before I left London. I then made my way to my hotel in Paris and everything seemed to be back to normal...fan cutting in ok and I checked under the car...no leaks anywhere..
I cannot fathom how I lost four litres of coolant with no apparent leak and no overheating whilst driving on the motorway. Any ideas as to what has happened as I would obviously like to get any problems sorted prior to driving in hot temperatures in Italy. :bang: