stupid question I know but want to make shore it's right how do you properly check the levels

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!when you have succesfully opened the bonnet you will see a large lump of metal, this is called an engine!!!! in front of the engine is a long thin thing called a radiater!!!on the top of the radiator is the radiator cap,,DO NOT OPEN THIS IF THE ENGINE IS HOT!!!!!!!!! when engine is cold take off the cap,and the water should be full to the top!!! also on your righthand side is the expansion tank this should be filled up to the mark where it says full

Pattomjan, You need to back off a bit mate.

 

Paul

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!when you have succesfully opened the bonnet you will see a large lump of metal, this is called an engine!!!! in front of the engine is a long thin thing called a radiater!!!on the top of the radiator is the radiator cap,,DO NOT OPEN THIS IF THE ENGINE IS HOT!!!!!!!!! when engine is cold take off the cap,and the water should be full to the top!!! also on your righthand side is the expansion tank this should be filled up to the mark where it says full

 

WOW lots of sarcasm for your first post fella, :confused1:

 

some people unlike you might not be mechanically minded, so give them a little bit of a break huh..

i do apoligize!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!when you have succesfully opened the bonnet you will see a large lump of metal, this is called an engine!!!! in front of the engine is a long thin thing called a radiater!!!on the top of the radiator is the radiator cap,,DO NOT OPEN THIS IF THE ENGINE IS HOT!!!!!!!!! when engine is cold take off the cap,and the water should be full to the top!!! also on your righthand side is the expansion tank this should be filled up to the mark where it says full

 

On your desk there is this thing called a keyboard, in your skull SHOULD be a thing called a brain, please engage your brain before operating the keyboard. You will know when you are successful once you can post with out offending people.

 

If you have to think too hard and smoke starts appearing, please take a nice calming walk outside to let your cell cool off.

 

Seriously, this forum is full of helpful and friendly people, please try not to upset the balance. you might need help your self, I'm sure if the first reply you got was sarcastic with a tone of egotism about it, you wouldn't be very happy.

 

ooh, you might want to get your shift and 1 key looked at, it seems to have a problem where its constantly doing this "!!!!!!"

WOW lots of sarcasm for your first post fella, :confused1:

 

some people unlike you might not be mechanically minded, so give them a little bit of a break huh..

 

Agreed, hell of a first post!

 

This is a community of members that help each other out, I think your

post was a bit over the top there, as hell raiser says not everyone is that

mechanically minded and as a fellow zedder I myself had many questions

in my first posts that seem idiotic now and simplistic but they were answered

by other members regardless.

 

Just a thought !

Tank, if you popping over to mine tomorrow i will look at it for you.

To start with, jack the the front of the car up. take off rad cap and bleed valve, start engine and turn on heater to full pelt. when the engine gets up to temp, and shows in the middle of the standard temp gauge, make sure the heaters are blowing full hot all the time, if anytime it goes cold, that is air passing throught the system. a6t the the same time keep topping up the rad, a bit at a time and watching the bleed valve.

when it is all water and the temp is constant. Turn off and and replace valve and cap. let it cool. then check.

easy when done a few times.

Edited May 7, 201114 yr by Sussex stu
added more

And also you do not fill the expansion tank on the right hand side, its not an expansion tank, its an overflow tank for coolant to be dumped by the rad, then drawn back as it requires, im sure you didnt mean to come across as sarcastic, but please remember there are enthusiasts who know these cars well and then there are zed lovers who might not know much about the workings but love driving it.

Welcome to the club by the way :whistling:

i do appear to have unitensionally upset alot of folk !! i did not intend to offend anyone, but it seems my poor attempt at humour has backfired somewhat!! i have given my wrists a good slap, and i will stand in the corner facing the wall untill mr moderator says i can go..

for the coolant top-up:

 

1. Make sure the car is parked in such a way that the front is higher than the back of the car. This will force any air bubbles to come to the front & top of the radiator and escape through the bleed screw hole.

2. Remove the bleed screw and radiator cap - ignition off. Top up coolant through the radiator cap hole until you can see water.

3. Make sure you've got approximately 600ml of coolant in the expansion tank.

4. With the bleed screw and rad cap OFF turn the engine on and set the heating system to maximum temp (40C & A/C off). You can put the fan on max as well but this is less important.

5. Over the next 5 or so minutes the coolant level will drop and you'll also see air bubbles appear. Once the coolant starts to overflow from the rad cap hole you are safe to put the bleed screw and rad cap back on.

6. Job done! Check level again every other day for the next few days to make sure the level isn't dropping.

 

All the best,

i do appear to have unitensionally upset alot of folk !! i did not intend to offend anyone, but it seems my poor attempt at humour has backfired somewhat!! i have given my wrists a good slap, and i will stand in the corner facing the wall untill mr moderator says i can go..

 

if your joking about things, then excessive use of the smileys, is always a good way of getting across that its supposed to be humorous.

 

starting off with

 

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!

 

doesn't come across as very friendly matey.

 

anyway welcome to the club. we are a friendly bunch on here, don't take too much very seriously, unless its to do with our cars dying. seem to have a strange fascination with mankini's :innocent: and know that our cars are faster than the speed of light and will defend that claim with chains whips and a pack of flesh eating chiwawas

 

Right, you can leave the corner now.:thumbup:

Very help full advice from many and I know cars and what I'm doing pritty well I just didn't understand about the whole plastic bottle on the passenger side thanks for the help every one and stu will be around about 3 if that's ok will give you a text in the day thanks

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!when you have succesfully opened the bonnet you will see a large lump of metal, this is called an engine!!!! in front of the engine is a long thin thing called a radiater!!!on the top of the radiator is the radiator cap,,DO NOT OPEN THIS IF THE ENGINE IS HOT!!!!!!!!! when engine is cold take off the cap,and the water should be full to the top!!! also on your righthand side is the expansion tank this should be filled up to the mark where it says full

 

that's probably the kind of response you get from some other car forums - weren't we just talking about this recently? Pattomjan - a few of these: :tt2: would soften your initial post up a bit. and welcome to the club!

Im confused! Where to is the overflow tank?? I cant see one on mine less im just being blind?

 

yellow cap, passenger side wing near head light.

Oh right i see

just dont fill it from there lol!!!

Really you sure?? :lol: i once had a customer say it took them an hour to fill there oil up before! This would be because they was using the dipstick hole to fill it!!!

becomes a reality that with the autobox lol!!!! but oh yeah i've heard some stories :lol: :lol:

!!!!!!!!!!?????????? what??????????? under the dash board on the right hand side there is a little handle!!! when you pull this handle the bonnet pops open!!when you have succesfully opened the bonnet you will see a large lump of metal, this is called an engine!!!! in front of the engine is a long thin thing called a radiater!!!on the top of the radiator is the radiator cap,,DO NOT OPEN THIS IF THE ENGINE IS HOT!!!!!!!!! when engine is cold take off the cap,and the water should be full to the top!!! also on your righthand side is the expansion tank this should be filled up to the mark where it says full

 

Funny. Maybe not, but it has character!. also simple, informative and instructive with safety in mind. Brilliant...... Ok so people imagined a 'tone' that came with it but thats just guessing. Everyones a critic, aye!

You're fine with me fella. Looking forward to a colourful first thread.

Fair and to the point imo.

 

if you dont know how to top up water, check the oil or change a car they shouldnt be on the road :lol::lol:

they make you point to the dipstick under test and do a little demo of how to check oil now dont they?

Yeah and i think you need to know how to change a tyre. maybe wrong on that though

mmmhhh anyone ??? been a while since i sat mine i believe they explain traffic lights now :lol: :lol: (joking)

Red is stop

Amber is fook it i can make it

Green GO GO GO!!!!!!! :lol::lol: