A winter warning thread.......

Lashout_UK

Lashout_UK

Lashout_UK

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Just a reminder to all motorists out there to check your antifreeze levels, now that it looks that the temperatures will be dropping into the negatives these long dark nights.

A cracked block isn't fun to wake up to!

Open up the expansion tank cap (or coolant reservoir) and look for a pink, blue or green liquid depending on the brand of antifreeze it has. If it's brown or rusty, have the coolant changed as soon as possible. Make sure the level is correct as indicated on the tank or dipstick and using a coolant tester (from a local automotive store, like Halfords), check the ratio of water to antifreeze.

Your local garage will also be able to check the antifreeze ratio and levels for you, if you'd like a little more reassurance in the matter.

Or, for the unscientific, drain a load of water from the expansion tank and refill it with neat antifreeze and run the engine for a bit to mix it up :p :D

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No, just I've noticed the temperature gauge nudging into the single figures in these past few nights and at the rate it's dropping, feels like it'll be into the negatives soon!
 
Checked mine properly today with my level, supposed to be a 50:50 mix, practically nil antifreeze in it (partly what inspired this thread, as I was concious about it being off).

Was registering some mix on the scale but not a definitive amount, so really no good.

Topped up nicely now :)

Think I'll do a full coolant flush soon when I get back though, condition of the existing stuff is a bit marginal. Then again, I am intolerably picky about things like that :D
 
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Yes, that's the one :)

Your coolant is composed of (preferably distilled) water and antifreeze mixed together, to create the correct ratio. It'll tell you in your handbook what it should be :)
 
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