haydn callow wrote: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:12 pm What you are describing doesn't make sense, there is no 'right' side to the tank.

Perhaps I'm not describing it well. I mean the side on the right as you look at it when looking under the bonnet.

Right, I put in another 3/4 of a litre and the level came up into the right side of the tank. So now I know I have coolant in there and I can see how the tank is supposed to look from the outside.

I've monitored it over a week including a 200 mile round trip and no leaks. Looks like it was just ...

Sorry, I assumed all tanks were the same. The tank has a top half and a bottom half which is half as wide as the top. So there is a deep part on the left with the minimum/max markings and a smaller compartment on the right which has the filler cap. The right and left sides are separated internally ...

OK, I've just had another look. Dipping the tank through the cap there looks to be about 5mm of coolant there. That side is well above the max level. The trouble is there is only the tiniest slit between that compartment and the main tank and I just cannot see the level through there.

My low ...

Bob wrote:Sadly it may yet blow the head.

A very well known Bongo expert in Plymouth has told me it's common for heads to fail about 3 months after an overheating episode.

3 months being the length of warranty I was given....

How do I know if it's overheated?

Thanks for the replies.

Yes, it's a diesel. I'm near Warrington/Wigan.

It's a 4 hour drive to the dealer unfortunately.

I was told it was standard red coolant so that's what I put in. I'm just not sure what I should be seeing in the tank. Should I be seeing coolant in there when I take the cap off? The cap is on the shallow side of the tank and the min/max marks are ...

Hi,

I've had my Bongo a couple of weeks and after reading all about coolant issues I thought it best to install a low coolant alarm. When I came to fit it last weekend I drilled the hole in the coolant tank and nothing dribbled out. Looking in the tank through the cap I can see no coolant in that ...