cgarr04
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Hello...
My car appears to be loosing coolant quite rapidly after topping up with some (2yr/red) antifreeze. I added it on sunday with probably 400mls of oil as it was too low for comfort. I then drove a few miles to the garage, got another litre of oil and put well over half of it bringing it to almost max. I then drove ~60miles or so before parking the car up.
I drove the car to work today and came back to find a parking ticket which was absolutely my fault and stupidity for completely forgetting that i parked it in the city centre and not my friends driveway!
And to top it off i've come home to check mine and a friends car only to find that the coolant is almost at the MIN line again. So once again i've topped it up to max. There are no obvious leaks or funny stuff on the oil cap and the car is running fine, there is also no overheating and the radiator fan is going fine albeit needing replaced.
The car has never had an issue with overheating or losing coolant. The only thing I can think of that may relate to this problem is that the rocker cover seal needs replaced as it's leaking a little oil over the engine.
Is it possible that the coolant has unearthed some gunk and exposed a leak? I'm hoping it's not the headgasket?
My car appears to be loosing coolant quite rapidly after topping up with some (2yr/red) antifreeze. I added it on sunday with probably 400mls of oil as it was too low for comfort. I then drove a few miles to the garage, got another litre of oil and put well over half of it bringing it to almost max. I then drove ~60miles or so before parking the car up.
I drove the car to work today and came back to find a parking ticket which was absolutely my fault and stupidity for completely forgetting that i parked it in the city centre and not my friends driveway!
And to top it off i've come home to check mine and a friends car only to find that the coolant is almost at the MIN line again. So once again i've topped it up to max. There are no obvious leaks or funny stuff on the oil cap and the car is running fine, there is also no overheating and the radiator fan is going fine albeit needing replaced.
The car has never had an issue with overheating or losing coolant. The only thing I can think of that may relate to this problem is that the rocker cover seal needs replaced as it's leaking a little oil over the engine.
Is it possible that the coolant has unearthed some gunk and exposed a leak? I'm hoping it's not the headgasket?
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