Engine: S60: Coolant low. HELP

Thanks for the advise, decided to use Volvo coolant. Rather than go to my local dealer, I popped into Carpenters of Hampton Court (as I was passing) to buy some coolant. They got a mechanic out immediately and he spent 15 minutes investigating the problem. Apparently the coolant should not run low, so not sure where it went to, but he couldn't find anything wrong. The cost of this was £4.11 for the coolant! Kings could learn a lot from the service Carpenters offered, I will definately be going there for any future work on the car.

[Jod T5]

Originally Posted by winchester

Thanks for the advise, decided to use Volvo coolant. Rather than go to my local dealer, I popped into Carpenters of Hampton Court (as I was passing) to buy some coolant. They got a mechanic out immediately and he spent 15 minutes investigating the problem. Apparently the coolant should not run low, so not sure where it went to, but he couldn't find anything wrong. The cost of this was £4.11 for the coolant! Kings could learn a lot from the service Carpenters offered, I will definately be going there for any future work on the car.

but you have not got to the bottom of why is your coolant dissapearing...i would keep a close eye on the level......
i would suggest a cap and thermostat change and maybe park on some newspaper overnight to trace any leaks....
cheers
jod

[CTCNetwork]

Hi,

Also check you passenger side carpets and underneath both footwell carpets to be sure.
Could be the heater matrix or its connections failing/leaking...

Des. . .

Originally Posted by Viper_7

Water/coolant is not the coolant, the engine oil is the coolant,but water is used as the heat exchanger to take the heat from the oil and disapate it in the air via the Radiator.
This is because water/collant has a very high specific heat capacity that oil - it will quickly heat up and cool down.
Unlike oil, which has a very low specific heat capacity in comparison, if the oil passed through the radiator it would never cool down sufficiently, so coolant is used to take the heat from the oil.


Putting water in your radiator alone will cause it to fail very quickly - it will simply corode it from inside out.

Best to use proper coolant which won't corode your radiator/pipes.

Having a mix of anti-freeze and water is the next best thing -but your still looking at corrosion over time.

Vipes


Edit : oh loss of coolant can be a sign of Head Gasket failure - but not likely with so little miles on the clock
Check your oil cap for any sludge / mayonaise type look to it.

Top it up with coolant ( best) and keep an aye on the levels.

Sorry mate your a bit bit confused here, the water /glycol mixture is the main cooling medium, oil is for lubricating ,its cooling function is very much a second function, the amount of coolant required makes it impossible for oil alone to fullfill the cooling role