Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:29:25 +0100 From: "Jonathon Doig" <jonathonnopsameditch_AUNTY_SPAM_.com> Subject: Re: FILL COOLANT FLUID
All, thanks for the comments so far. OK so the cooling system is sealed then ? If that's the case how do I get more coolant in in the first place ? BTW the warning started coming up 2 days after it came back from my local Saab dealer. they had to fit a new Turbo and ACC system. I guess that really it's up to them then. It's just that they are 60 miles away and it's easier to get some from either halfords of a local merc dealer (who is actually closest). How do I determine what's in at the moment then? Just by looking at the colour ? Maybe a taste test ala vintage Austrian ;-) Thanks JD "KeithG" <noonenopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:adsk98$6a7$1nopsam.atl.mindspring.net... > I would trot over to the Mercedes Benz dealer and pick up a couple gallons > of their light color antifreeze. It is compatible with what is in your car > (unless it is that pink stuff - dexcool). Green stuff is not very good as it > allows the etching which eats head gaskets. As you have already lost some > coolant from the sealed system, it would be advisable to determine the > source of the leak. It may be a head gasket, a loose clamp, a radiator, a > hose, or a heater core. > > keithG > > very good information: > http://216.78.172.244/cooling_system_folder/coolingsys.htm > > > "Toby Field" <tobyfieldnopsamail.com> wrote in message > news:adsctm$rvj$1nopsam6.svr.pol.co.uk... > > You shouldn't mix different types of Antifreeze. You will find however, > that > > most types of antifreeze are the same and a trip to halfords will do no > harm > > to your car. Halfords sell a good antifreeze for £4.99 a litre and Saab > > antifreeze is £6.45. Halfords standard antifreeze is £3.49 per litre I > > think. > > > > -- > > Toby Field (UK) > > '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto > > 150,000 Miles > > > > "Jonathon Doig" <jonathonnopsameditch_AUNTY_SPAM_.com> wrote in message > > news:1023493047.2366.0.nnrp-13.9e981281nopsam.demon.co.uk... > > > Hi, > > > I have a 2000 2.0 LPT 9-5 estate. Recently my SID II has started saying > > FILL > > > COOLANT FLUID. Do I have to put some special stuff in ? Pre mixed into > > > presumably the radiator. does it have to be the same stuff that is > already > > > in ? I heard somewhere that it should not be mixed, but that maybe some > > > other kind of automotive fluid. > > > Oh and where can I get some in the UK? Do I have to go to Saab or will a > > > trip to halfords do. > > > TIA > > > JD > > > > > > > > > > > >
