Re: Start again.. loss of coolant

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Re: Start again.. loss of coolant

PeterD	21 Jan 2007 23:23
>Thanks Peter. No I will not be lending out the car in the future, but >I trust the person not to intentionally treat it rough, and he has >owned three Golfs in the past - all manuals. > >It's driving OK so I'll assume no problem unless the levels >persistently drop. Yep,just keep watching it. That's what I'd do.

Signal

21 Jan 2007 20:59

>>Sorry for being dim I'm not only learning about cars.. ;-)
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>(And don't lend your car in the future!)

Thanks Peter. No I will not be lending out the car in the future, but
I trust the person not to intentionally treat it rough, and he has
owned three Golfs in the past - all manuals.

It's driving OK so I'll assume no problem unless the levels
persistently drop.

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PeterD

21 Jan 2007 13:59

>Sorry for being dim I'm not only learning about cars.. ;-)
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>http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4947/oil2bo.jpg
>http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2020/oil20lo.jpg

It really sounds to me like your 'friend' beat the living daylights
out of your car. We're talking about something like racing it hard,
really hard, or doing deliberate to damage it.

I agree, the smell is probably the clutch. This can be caused by his
inability to drive a manual shift car. Or it could have been caused by
deliberate (or perhaps inadvertent) abuse.

As to the loss of oil and coolant: oil loss implies that the engine
was pushed to high RPMs perhaps, which can increase oil consumption
both temporarily (excessive oil past the rings) and sometimes
permanently (damaged valve seals).

Low coolant implies that perhaps the engine was also overheated.

I'd recommend that you (I'm sure you have already...) bring both up to
spec, and drive a few hundred miles (or KM). Recheck both frequently
until you see that either it is no longer using too much of either
(and you are really lucky) or that you can estimate how much yuo are
now loosing (not so lucky).

And as to that 'friend'... With friends like that you don't need
enemies!!!

(And don't lend your car in the future!)

Signal

21 Jan 2007 02:03

Sorry for being dim I'm not only learning about cars.. ;-)

I asked before about a burning smell, now I think that's the clutch so
scratch that..

My problem is I've had constant coolant level and marginal oil
consumption for years. I lent my car out for one day and both dropped
below minimum. I just hope the coolant isn't in the oil. Could
somebody look at the following pictures and say if they look OK for
synthetic oil, or does the chocolate colour suggest contamination?

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4947/oil2bo.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2020/oil20lo.jpg

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