Okay, so the car goes in Autotrader from today... decently priced against all the other ones in there, so im hoping for a quick-ish sale.
Jump in the car this morning, chuffing freezing (car says 7degrees). Light comes on for fuel, yes yes, washer fluid, yes ok, STOP - CHECK COOLANT....... or for gods sake!
But after 20 seconds of idling.... off it goes, odd. I was in no bloody mood to start arsing on with a car at that time in the morning (5.30am), so i decide to take an easy drive to work. No more warnings, no funny noises, temp gets to 90 and stays steady... good good.
Get to work, leave it for 30 mins, go and recheck. Coolant is ever so slightly low, so i top her up a bit. Let it idle for 10 mins or so, and give her a 10 min runout. Still good.....
So, after a search on here, could either be coolant sensor, water pump, radiator..... but it aint throwing any symptoms of that. (temp doesnt go past 90, fans are kicking in ok). Could it just be the cold morning and ever so slightly low coolant level?
I cant believe it picked today of all bloody days to do this to me! (and my clutch rubber fell off whlst changing gear... which was nice, but that was my own fault really!).
Jump in the car this morning, chuffing freezing (car says 7degrees). Light comes on for fuel, yes yes, washer fluid, yes ok, STOP - CHECK COOLANT....... or for gods sake!
But after 20 seconds of idling.... off it goes, odd. I was in no bloody mood to start arsing on with a car at that time in the morning (5.30am), so i decide to take an easy drive to work. No more warnings, no funny noises, temp gets to 90 and stays steady... good good.
Get to work, leave it for 30 mins, go and recheck. Coolant is ever so slightly low, so i top her up a bit. Let it idle for 10 mins or so, and give her a 10 min runout. Still good.....
So, after a search on here, could either be coolant sensor, water pump, radiator..... but it aint throwing any symptoms of that. (temp doesnt go past 90, fans are kicking in ok). Could it just be the cold morning and ever so slightly low coolant level?
I cant believe it picked today of all bloody days to do this to me! (and my clutch rubber fell off whlst changing gear... which was nice, but that was my own fault really!).