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[stretch9]

coolant level check just came on last night ....opened lid to find coolant level is bang on the line..weird,so topped it up a little but still showing..any help???..also the engine does seem to hot but the temp is normal...help me

[gaby63]

The  same is happening to me, from several weeks by now. It seems that the sensor is faulty. But I've no ideea where it is located.

[Darth Loo-knee]

There is a level sensor the thing that looks like a mushroom inside your reservoir. They do give up mate which sounds like what yours has done. A new one from vauxhall are about £30, personally would not fit a secondhand one..

[tunnie]

the sensor is in the bottle, its a simple float sensor, with a cold engine, stick your finger in the bottle and wiggle the float, sometimes sticks.

Otherwise just a new coolant bottle, they are only £30+vat and come with the sensor. They are also lovely clean & clear!

[gaby63]

Thanks, I'll wiggle it !

[Webby the Bear]

There is a level sensor the thing that looks like a mushroom inside your reservoir. They do give up mate which sounds like what yours has done. A new one from vauxhall are about £30, personally would not fit a secondhand one..

christ daz..... urgent doctor needed mate!!! 

[zzr600]

Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks

[albitz]

you could do it that way, or just take the bottom hose off the reservoir and drain the coolant into a container, and then tip it into the new reservoir.

[tunnie]

Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks

Sounds like a lot of fuss! Head gasket / oil cooler failure is caused by poor coolant maintaince. Dump the coolant, put fresh in. What will it cost? £15?

[zzr600]

Hi, looked at your How to: on coolant flush/change and looks easy enough so thats the way i will go, new tank and new coolant. Just one last thing is it safe to drain straight onto the road (dont have driveway or garage)? Thanks again for the advice.

[Andy B]

.. Just one last thing is it safe to drain straight onto the road (dont have driveway or garage)? Thanks again for the advice.

Shouldn't do really  but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it ...... 

[albitz]

No, its poisonous (deadly to cats in particular) and iilegal to allow it to run off somewhere where it could end up in the drainage system. Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal.

[albitz]

Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks

Sounds like a lot of fuss! Head gasket / oil cooler failure is caused by poor coolant maintaince. Dump the coolant, put fresh in. What will it cost? £15?

He might have put new coolant in this morning for all we know.

[Andy B]

... Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal.

I can just imagine the look of bewilderment on the faces on the lads at the local tip if I asked where I should leave my container of anti-freeze. 

[hotel21]

... Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal.

I can just imagine the look of bewilderment on the faces on the lads at the local tip if I asked where I should leave my container of anti-freeze. 

Not that I condone it, you understand, but know of someone who dug a large hole at the top of a hill towards the bottom of the garden, well away from watercourses, and poured it into there.  Then covered it over so tiddles couldn't get near it.