Coolant leak

[simon100gs]

Hi All

 

Car started leaking coolant, warning light came on, so topped up with G12 and went on my way 5min down road in stop start traffic, light come on again, pull over and fluid drained again. Topped up and got myself to garage.

 

seemed as though when engine got hotter it retained fluid a little better.

 

garage checked rad and that does not seem to be the problem, they think it maybe the pipe work that runs around car from engine manifold but th bit they can see they cannot find any cracking or splits.

 

Has anyone else had a similar experience, I am going to garage tomorrow to have a look or for mechanic to try explain his thought process

 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

 

My Mk2 is a 2011, 2.0l 170bhp 4x4 elegance saloon, not sure if that makes any difference to a common fault

 

Thanks in advance Simon 

[KenONeill]

12 minutes ago, simon100gs said:

Hi All

 

Car started leaking coolant, warning light came on, so topped up with G12 and went on my way 5min down road in stop start traffic, light come on again, pull over and fluid drained again. Topped up and got myself to garage.

 

seemed as though when engine got hotter it retained fluid a little better.

 

garage checked rad and that does not seem to be the problem, they think it maybe the pipe work that runs around car from engine manifold but th bit they can see they cannot find any cracking or splits.

 

Has anyone else had a similar experience, I am going to garage tomorrow to have a look or for mechanic to try explain his thought process

 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated,

 

My Mk2 is a 2011, 2.0l 170bhp 4x4 elegance saloon, not sure if that makes any difference to a common fault

 

Thanks in advance Simon 

As I'm reading this you need a different garage. One that will do a UV dye check  rather than guessing.

[simon100gs]

Thanks for the reply. makes sense, was not sure if that was standard on a car