Gurgle/boil/fluid Noises - Video

[Missileman]

Last time I flushed my coolant it too about month of daily driving before the level stayed the same.

[No Crust Racing]

Oh that's not what I want to hear, my paranoia will kill me.

Were you topping it up during that period or wast he lvel just changing but not requiring any extra coolant?

Edited February 8, 2013 by ActionDan

[Missileman]

Yes it did require topping up a couple of times. As the air-pockets gradually move to the top of the radiator, they are forced out through the overflow bottle, then as the system cools again the volume that the purged air took up in the engine is replace by more coolant, that's why the level of coolant in the overflow bottle seems to drop after each hot, cold cycle.

If you had a coolant leak, it wouldn't suck the coolant back into the motor as it cooled, just relax and let all the air work its way out of the system.

Edited February 8, 2013 by Missileman

[No Crust Racing]

It would if it was pushing it into the cylinder

But thanks anyway.

[No Crust Racing]

Rolled the car back and checked the paper, no coolant stains.

Went for a drive and got it nice and hot, came back and the level was up a touch (to be expected) so we'll see what it looks like tomorrow morning.

I'm hoping it'll just drop down to where it was this morning and it's now stabilised.

[Dobz]

I bet you're waking up at night in cold sweats over this? The real verdict will be after you drive it regularly over a week, just keep an eye on it in the mean time.

[No Crust Racing]

Lol not quite, I do go out and check it while it cools though...

It's getting driven every day at the moment.

Normally it doesn't get driven much on the street as it's very defectable.

[No Crust Racing]

Happy to see this morning that the level has dropped back to just under the GKTECH label so it may be levelling out.

[No Crust Racing]

I idled the car for 20mins or so last night and checked the fluid this morning, seemed fine. Fingers crossed that's all sorted.