Oil and coolant issue

[cyberkank]

My skoda superb 280 is approaching its first service at 15,000km which i have booked it in end of December.

Today while driving i had a low coolant light came on, so i popped the bonnet and check the coolant level. To my surprised there was nearly nothing left in the reservoir container, well bellow the minimum marker. Which is weird as i havent noticed any leakage in my garage or usual parking spot.

Also i noticed there are some oil residue around the oil cap area. Is that normal? I have checked the level and it is within the markers. The oil is fairly black as the car is definitely due for a service.

The car still drives fine, just the coolant error being active which i will need to get the dealer to top up tomorrow.

 

Just seeing if any other superb owners have similar experience.

[Speedman]

Although mine is a diesel, I have had it back to the dealer twice for coolant loss - both times they have pressure tested the system but have not found any sign of a leak. First time was after only 2 weeks and it was put down to air bubbles in the system from new and it then stayed ok for months but then a couple of months before the first annual service was due it dropped again - both times going from Max to minimum. I left it a while after the second drop - keeping an eye on it and it didn't drop any further so very strange.

 

My car has not lost used any oil since new.

[MartiniB]

300ml coolant were added on first service 6.000km

first Engine Oil change on 6.000km and all next after 10.000km (one litter added after each 8.000)

DSG Oil on 40.000km

 

[RickTT]

My 150 tdi coolant is well below the min line .. Mentioned it this morning when I dropped it for for some work... Cars at 15k miles on longlife.

[skovirg]

Just put another 300ml in my Tdi. That's the third top up in 9k miles. Going to have to get it checked out. 

[cyberkank]

Hmm.. So it seems like other owners have similar experience. The dealer topped it back up and offered to do a more thorough check to see if there is an issue since the car is only 6 months old. Unfortunately I have to use the car but have booked in for the fisrt service / check (15,000 km) next week.

[Speedman]

They have carried out two pressure tests on my system but both have not showed any loss, they also say that there is no sign of any leaks - but it has to be going somewhere!

 

Very lazily after the first test (only 2-3 weeks old), they returned my car with no fault found but didn't bother to top the coolant up.