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What were you driving?
Initially I was thinking, had I cut him up?
Guilty conscience?
Mine currently have whatever it was Morrisons was selling when I was there doing the shopping
Sadly can't do it online, just tried and even using today's BS code, it was still £25.50 for 25l.
Occasionally Toolstation have the Preston's stuff at £3-3.50 /5L. I find that works well.
compare
Omega 25 MPG ,200 miles per week =£47
new mondeo 50 MPG, 200 miles per week =£23.50
Omega depreciation 3 years £0.00
ford mondeo £21k new depreciation 3 years@11k miles p/a 40% =£8400
£8400 minus £3666 (the extra fuel for omega over 3 years)= £4740 saving
Mine does 28.6, about the same as the TD.
Are we going to have the first confirmed case of hgf on a 3.2 ?
It wouldn’t be the first. Ask Rae turbo! His was so badly gone, that on turning over the engine, coolant came out of the spark plug holes
Ah, I think I had a spare (used but good) tank in my garage.
£71
Starting to think again it's expansion tank, I checked tonight, found moisture around the rim of the cap at the bottom.
Top of the tank is showing signs of the dye.... (before this tank was clear all over, with nice red GM coolant) the dye has affected the colour.
Again, bubbling sounds around cap, if my ear is close.
Post up another pic without the cap on showing the neck of the tank,as Entwood says cracks are common there
Expansion tank is prone to minute cracks around the neck where the cap screws on, these can prevent the cap sealing so that it leaks vapour when under pressure, it rarely leaks liquid as there is an "air gap" betwen the surface of the liquid and the cap. However, the loss of pressure reduces the boiling point of the coolant and leads to an increased evaporation of liquid. This could be the reason for your fluid loss.I advised he put a washing up/water solution in an old pump spray bottle a while ago and check for gas leaking round the tank and hoses.
One way of checking is to run the engine until well hot, ie, the pressure is at its potential maximum, and then to brush a soap solution around the lower edge of the cap, if it is leaking you will get bubbles.
A new expansion tank and cap is less the £50.00 ....
did you not try that Mr Tunnie
