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stretch9 Newbie Offline Posts: 18 newport Gender: Drives: 2002 2.6 cdx	coolant level check ??? 31. Aug 2011 at 16:54 coolant level check just came on last night ....opened lid to find coolant level is bang on the line..weird,so topped it up a little but still showing..any help???..also the engine does seem to hot but the temp is normal...help me
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gaby63 Newbie Offline Posts: 20 Sibiu, Romania Gender: Drives: Omega B FL 2001, Y2.2DTH	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #1 - 31. Aug 2011 at 17:02 The same is happening to me, from several weeks by now. It seems that the sensor is faulty. But I've no ideea where it is located.
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Darth Loo-knee Court Jester Offline "If you only knew how much he likes Backsides!" Posts: 20248 Stoke-on-Trent Gender: Drives: An Omega in the Pipeline.....	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #2 - 31. Aug 2011 at 17:04 There is a level sensor the thing that looks like a mushroom inside your reservoir. They do give up mate which sounds like what yours has done. A new one from vauxhall are about £30, personally would not fit a secondhand one..
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #3 - 31. Aug 2011 at 17:05 the sensor is in the bottle, its a simple float sensor, with a cold engine, stick your finger in the bottle and wiggle the float, sometimes sticks. Otherwise just a new coolant bottle, they are only £30+vat and come with the sensor. They are also lovely clean & clear!
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gaby63 Newbie Offline Posts: 20 Sibiu, Romania Gender: Drives: Omega B FL 2001, Y2.2DTH	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #4 - 31. Aug 2011 at 17:15 Thanks, I'll wiggle it !
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Webby the Bear Omega Knight Offline If all is not lost, where is it? Posts: 1809 Northampton Gender: Drives: Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CD Auto	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #5 - 31. Aug 2011 at 17:50 Darth Loo-knee wrote on 31. Aug 2011 at 17:04: There is a level sensor the thing that looks like a mushroom inside your reservoir. They do give up mate which sounds like what yours has done. A new one from vauxhall are about £30, personally would not fit a secondhand one.. christ daz..... urgent doctor needed mate!!!
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zzr600 Newbie Offline Posts: 17 Ilkeston (Derbyshire) Gender: Drives: Omega 2.2 CDX 2002, CBR900RRW 1998	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #6 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:02 Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks
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Albs Omega King Offline The upgrades are ongoing. Posts: 15083 North Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5CD with LPG/Honda cbr600 FX	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #7 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:06 you could do it that way, or just take the bottom hose off the reservoir and drain the coolant into a container, and then tip it into the new reservoir.
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Reply #8 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:10

zzr600 wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:02:

Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks

Sounds like a lot of fuss! Head gasket / oil cooler failure is caused by poor coolant maintaince. Dump the coolant, put fresh in. What will it cost? £15?

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zzr600 Newbie Offline Posts: 17 Ilkeston (Derbyshire) Gender: Drives: Omega 2.2 CDX 2002, CBR900RRW 1998	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #9 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:31 Hi, looked at your How to: on coolant flush/change and looks easy enough so thats the way i will go, new tank and new coolant. Just one last thing is it safe to drain straight onto the road (dont have driveway or garage)? Thanks again for the advice.
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #10 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:33 zzr600 wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:31: .. Just one last thing is it safe to drain straight onto the road (dont have driveway or garage)? Thanks again for the advice. Shouldn't do really but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it ......
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Albs Omega King Offline The upgrades are ongoing. Posts: 15083 North Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5CD with LPG/Honda cbr600 FX	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #11 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:34 No, its poisonous (deadly to cats in particular) and iilegal to allow it to run off somewhere where it could end up in the drainage system. Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal.
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Reply #12 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:35

tunnie wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:10:

zzr600 wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:02:

Hi, i have the same problem, what i would like to ask is can the hoses be clamped and the tank be drained (using syringe) then removed and replaced with a new one, antifreeze topped up and clamps removed (if done this way would the system need bleeding) or does the system have to be drained fully? Thanks

Sounds like a lot of fuss! Head gasket / oil cooler failure is caused by poor coolant maintaince. Dump the coolant, put fresh in. What will it cost? £15?

He might have put new coolant in this morning for all we know. Wink

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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: coolant level check ??? Reply #13 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:39 Albs wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:34: ... Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal. I can just imagine the look of bewilderment on the faces on the lads at the local tip if I asked where I should leave my container of anti-freeze.
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Reply #14 - 01. Sep 2011 at 22:42

Andy B wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:39:

Albs wrote on 01. Sep 2011 at 22:34:

... Drain it into a container of some description until you can find a means of safe/legal disposal. Wink

I can just imagine the look of bewilderment on the faces on the lads at the local tip if I asked where I should leave my container of anti-freeze. Grin

Not that I condone it, you understand, but know of someone who dug a large hole at the top of a hill towards the bottom of the garden, well away from watercourses, and poured it into there. Then covered it over so tiddles couldn't get near it. Lips Sealed

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