Thread: D4 coolant loss
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Old 11th July 2023, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by monkeyboyuk View Post
Should add as well it seems to be when I’ve laid the car up a couple days, like over weekend and maybe not been out in it that it all of a sudden alarms me to the loss….. and it’s drained to well below the minimum
That does seem odd. The other posts I've read always mention that small leaks tend to go unnoticed because the heat from the engine evaporates them, so there is no evidence. Maybe a UV dye testing kit is the way to go, to at least narrow the search.
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