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Maelstrom
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Hi Hive Mind.
We've got a 2018 Beach currently on almost 70m miles. It's always driven well and mostly behaved, always serviced and still got the extended warranty.
Had a big service in January, but the coolant warning light came on 21st May (69,132 miles). Got to admit, the coolant's never been an issue. Never had a warning light and never had to top up. I asked at the dealer when I went to pick up a bottle of coolant if it was normally checked with a service and they said no. The level was about an inch below the minimum so I topped it up with half a litre and presumed that was that, as I wouldn't know when it was last filled. Light came on again 20th June, topped up again, crossed my fingers. Just had a look today (69,687 miles) and I don't have a light yet, but it's about an inch below the minimum again.
Should I book it in, or buy another litre? I'm not seeing any other symptoms. Maybe the cooling fan is more obvious at the end of shorter journeys than it used to be.
It's done about 50k in the last 4 years. Long and regular short journeys. This seems to have coincided with me not using it for the shorter journeys as we've just got a new car.
We've got a 2018 Beach currently on almost 70m miles. It's always driven well and mostly behaved, always serviced and still got the extended warranty.
Had a big service in January, but the coolant warning light came on 21st May (69,132 miles). Got to admit, the coolant's never been an issue. Never had a warning light and never had to top up. I asked at the dealer when I went to pick up a bottle of coolant if it was normally checked with a service and they said no. The level was about an inch below the minimum so I topped it up with half a litre and presumed that was that, as I wouldn't know when it was last filled. Light came on again 20th June, topped up again, crossed my fingers. Just had a look today (69,687 miles) and I don't have a light yet, but it's about an inch below the minimum again.
Should I book it in, or buy another litre? I'm not seeing any other symptoms. Maybe the cooling fan is more obvious at the end of shorter journeys than it used to be.
It's done about 50k in the last 4 years. Long and regular short journeys. This seems to have coincided with me not using it for the shorter journeys as we've just got a new car.