I took the car back to the garage last week to fix a leaking coolant pipe which got fixed but checked the level again tonight and it has gone down. My old 1.2 Fabia hardly needed topping up. Is it normal on diesel cars for the coolant level to go down so quick?

Wouldn't think so, never had to put any in mine.

My '04 vRS has never needed topping up in a year of ownership

I only needed to top mine up once in the first 12 months...

no - unless you got an external leak or its going into the pots, put heater onto hot, see if it blows hot, could be air locked

it shouldnt leak or need topping up at all, any fluid loss is the result of an external leak.

:agree: 3.5 years and never topped it up.

You may have had an air lock

Defo take it back :thumbdwn:

What are the numb nuts down there playing at

take it back and get them to pressure test it

Could it be anything to do with the oil in the coolant what I had problems with when I first got the car ( 12 weeks ago ). The car is 3yrs old.

yes oil in the water not good , sounds like head gasket issues

The oil in the coolant was sorted out weeks ago ( I hope ) and had a new head gasket fitted ( had two fitted the first one was damaged).

take it back - water going somewhere - if no sign of a leak could still have head gasket probs, they should put a pressure tester on it and pump to pressure and see if any drop off, this will identify if its internal

How can I still have head gasket problems it is a new gasket???????????.

I think he's been through all that.

Right now he's probably about ready to go put a brick or two through some garage's windows.

I think he's been through all that.

Right now he's probably about ready to go put a brick or two through some garage's windows.

More like a Vrs.

depends how good it was fitted, ie was head and block cleaned up properly could need a head skim

More like a Vrs.

No, defo the garage.

How they cannot have sorted this out by now is beyond me.

Go back, demand a pretty damned good courtesy car and tell them to keep the car until they have sorted it.

They seem apathetic and pathetic.

So many vRS on the road and so few problems.

How can I still have head gasket problems it is a new gasket???????????.

Warped head? Dit they check it for true before refitting? one would hope so!

i would think a head skim is needed ,they will take it to a specialist to get done, you definitely need this done FOC - they need to stand the cost mate

I have had 4 Courtesy cars in the first 5 weeks of ownership plus another one last week. I don't want another courtesy car I just want my Vrs fixed or my money back.

thats reason to be ****ed of - must be time to become mr angry

Sounds more like residue to me.

Sounds more like residue to me.

Does this mean a problem with the gasket??