oil and coolant checks

peanutcrusher · Post by **peanutcrusher** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:08 am

how often should i be checking my oil? once a week

or few thousand miles, or is this to often. Also how often should i be checking the coolant and what should i be looking for, do i just look at the outside of the bottle under the bonnet and make sure it above the low line is this enough.

Ron Miel · Post by **Ron Miel** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:06 pm

peanutcrusher wrote:how offered should i be checking my oil? once a week or few thousand miles, or is this to often. Also how often should i be checking the coolant and what should i be looking for, do i just look at the outside of the bottle under the bonnet and make sure it above the low line is this enough.

Hi PNC. Once a week is good, and 'yes'. Keep an eye on the age of both fluids also, relative to recommended change intervals - lots of advice on here if you use the search facility, and don't have the owner's manual (available at the Bongo Shop). Cheers.

Ron Miel · Post by **Ron Miel** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:08 pm

Ron Miel wrote:
peanutcrusher wrote:how offered should i be checking my oil? once a week or few thousand miles, or is this to often. Also how often should i be checking the coolant and what should i be looking for, do i just look at the outside of the bottle under the bonnet and make sure it above the low line is this enough.
Hi PNC. Once a week is good, and 'yes'. Keep an eye on the age of both fluids also, relative to recommended change intervals - lots of advice on here if you use the search facility, and don't have the owner's manual (available at the Bongo Shop). Cheers.

Oh, and re coolant level, a low coolant alarm is a good investment - again, lots of info here via 'search.

daveblueozzie · Post by **daveblueozzie** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:12 pm

Yes weekly checks on oil, and coolant, get youself a coolant alarm from Haydn from this forum.
best buy i ever made ,saved my engine from cooking itself.

kelv · Post by **kelv** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:48 pm

Hi Dave
Just out of interest, what failed to make it almost cook itself ?
Hose, Rad or what ?

( no coolant alarm this month, so paying particular attention to possible failure areas )
Ta

MRS WITNEY · Post by **MRS WITNEY** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:05 pm

you are lucky i can not find my dip stick

mikexgough · Post by **mikexgough** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:07 pm

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