Next - Low Coolant

Evening,,

Those of you that have read the rest of my recent saga. They got the bolt out, he did the pump, the pulley and the timing belt. On my way home I was getting intermittant low coolant warning lights. It seemed to be following a pattern of kicking in when pulling off, disappearing through 2nd gear, then coming back for 3rd gear. I didn't get any faster than that. In the morning i'm due to do a 44 mile commute.

I have been charged for anti-freeze so i'm assuming the guy put coolant in it. Its too dark to see the tank now so i'm lost again until morning.Is it actually possible that somehow a brand new water pump is leaking? That its not done up properly? Is this in any way normal?

Yours, Fed up in Leicester.

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Tom Hawley
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probably a trapped bit of air has come to the top, this means the level goes down, slopping the coolant about by accelerating makes the light go on and off, likewise higher revs tend to raise the level a bit, presumably due to turbulence effects, either way, top up the coolant with some water or antifreeze, if it takes more than a litre or so then it should be investigated, if it is just a bit down and there is no subsequent level changes then it will be fine. These are the reasons I always prefer to drive a car about for a while after major work BEFORE returning it to the customer, that way I get the niggles, not the customer.

mrcheerful

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mrcheerful

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