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Old Sep 9th, 2007, 03:09 PM   #1
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DIY Coolant Leak

Since my last service at 10K miles checked under the bonnet every so often to make sure everything was ok. Noticed my coolant level was dropping ever so slightly and thought this was normal through every day usage and the odd run in the car over the B roads.

Checked coolant yesterday and the bottle was completly empty

The last time i checked was about 2k miles ago, now i do about 350miles a week and never had time until now.

1 of the reasons for me to check was that i could smell the heat and feel the heat from the car when getting out of it.

Luckily i was only around the corner from fawdingtons in newcastle so took it straight there. They topped up the coolant and booked it in for a pressure test. The car is 16months old.

Any ideas on what could cause this and also will all the work and any replacement parts be covered under the warrenty?
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