A plea, I'm afraid
We are on holiday in France, on the way out to the Vendee whilst going up one of many steep hills on the autoroute I briefly had an 'engine temperature' fault and the red coolant light illuminate, backing off it went after 3 seconds and I didn't see it again for 200 miles so assumed I was pushing hard (we are towing). Then on the way back to our second stop in Normandy the same thing happened briefly again so last night I checked the coolant (the engine was still warm) and the bottle was empty, no water to be seen - figuring water was better than nothing I put about 1L in which got it to just above the minimum with the plan to get some coolant tomorrow.
I've checked it again tonight after driving around for about 60 miles and the coolant is just at the bottom of the bottle. I have no obvious leaks etc so was wondering if somebody could confirm what the owners manual says about when to check (i.e. when cold or hot) and also what the level is like on their own car when cool.
At no time have I had a warning that my coolant is low so I am figuring it's not set off by the 'min' level and I've not got a warning to say my minimum level sensor is kaput either which is why I am slightly confused as to whether it's an issue.
I will get to a Citroën dealer tomorrow as there is one near for some more coolant but would appreciate an idea on what the manual says and what other people have on their cars
One way or another i will have to sort it when at home (it's driven for hundreds of miles in 25c heat) although there are a few hills on the way to Calais which will likely test the cooling system.
Thanks in advance.
We are on holiday in France, on the way out to the Vendee whilst going up one of many steep hills on the autoroute I briefly had an 'engine temperature' fault and the red coolant light illuminate, backing off it went after 3 seconds and I didn't see it again for 200 miles so assumed I was pushing hard (we are towing). Then on the way back to our second stop in Normandy the same thing happened briefly again so last night I checked the coolant (the engine was still warm) and the bottle was empty, no water to be seen - figuring water was better than nothing I put about 1L in which got it to just above the minimum with the plan to get some coolant tomorrow.
I've checked it again tonight after driving around for about 60 miles and the coolant is just at the bottom of the bottle. I have no obvious leaks etc so was wondering if somebody could confirm what the owners manual says about when to check (i.e. when cold or hot) and also what the level is like on their own car when cool.
At no time have I had a warning that my coolant is low so I am figuring it's not set off by the 'min' level and I've not got a warning to say my minimum level sensor is kaput either which is why I am slightly confused as to whether it's an issue.
I will get to a Citroën dealer tomorrow as there is one near for some more coolant but would appreciate an idea on what the manual says and what other people have on their cars
One way or another i will have to sort it when at home (it's driven for hundreds of miles in 25c heat) although there are a few hills on the way to Calais which will likely test the cooling system.
Thanks in advance.