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      10-13-2019, 02:22 PM   #1
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Coolant Level Question

Just opened the coolant cap and I could not see any coolant the car has not said to add any coolant so I was wondering where the min and max levels were as I couldn’t see any?
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If you're referring to the main coolant bottle on the right side of the engine bay (when facing the car) then to my knowledge there isn't a visible min max indication. If you shine a torch down the neck you should see the coolant at the bottom.

That's how mine is anyway.
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Many thanks that’s the one
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If you're referring to the main coolant bottle on the right side of the engine bay (when facing the car) then to my knowledge there isn't a visible min max indication. If you shine a torch down the neck you should see the coolant at the bottom.

That's how mine is anyway.
Just checked again and its right at the bottom of the tube so all good
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I read somewhere that you have to use a tape measure and make sure it's within 4-5"?? from the top. Once you do that a couple times you will get to know what the level should look like without measuring. Don't quote me on the 4-5". I haven't verified the number in a while.
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I read somewhere that you have to use a tape measure and make sure it's within 4-5"?? from the top. Once you do that a couple times you will get to know what the level should look like without measuring. Don't quote me on the 4-5". I haven't verified the number in a while.
👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 Correct. We have in cm but 18cm down on neck and tape should be coolant.
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Car also won’t alert you when this is low as far as I remember
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I use a tape measure set to 6" which was about the same as the metric spec in the TIS diagram.
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