Hello all.
My shiny new* Rover 214Si, N-Reg K-Series engine has been gulping coolant for a year now without any obvious problems.
I put it in for it's 72,000 mile service today (12k since the last one) and asked them to check into the 'coolant leak' which has resulted in my putting in 1 litre of coolant and one litre of water over the past year and hoped they would find anything other than the obvious as the cause. They said they could find no real reason for it losing coolant and suspected the head gasket was failing, which is what I thought it was originally.
It is chugging along well and appears to be working perfectly at present apart from me topping up the coolant a bit every week.
How long do you think it'll be before it just decides to conk out and never start again? Is that what will happen or will it just go down gradually (or quickly?) - what are the more immediate signs of it giving up on life?
I've not seen any of this "mayo" in the coolant reservoir or on the oil filler cap yet.
Thanks for any pointers!
If it dies then I wont be annoyed, just saddened as it's been a really good and reliable car otherwise! I think I'll just get a motorcycle licence instead as they're cheaper to run and insure!
--Nick.
*Eight years old when I bought it for £1k at auction + 1 year in my possession, 72,000 on clock now.