Citroen Saxo coolant leak

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Thu 2 Dec 2004 21:12
Citroen Saxo coolant leak - GrahamF1
A little something that happened today.....

A colleague explained to me as we were leaving the office that her Saxo (1.1 petrol) had been overheating with steam everywhere. I offered to have a quick look.

Turns out there was little or no coolant in the system - though I couldn't immediately identify where it had all leaked out from. Drove it round the corner to a petrol station and filled up with water - it all flows out again from a smallish hose on the front of the engine (the spring clip wasn't holding the hose onto the stub properly). The car had recently had a new engine after total failure of the original block (I don't know what happened to it), so I'm guessing that this clip wasn't properly attached when they reconnected the cooling system. She said that they mentioned something about being unable to attach some clip or other properly.

At this point I'd like to big up Mark Tempest Autocentre (Ind. VW Audi specialist) of Welwyn Garden City. Maybe I have a honest face, but when I nipped round the corner to them to beg a 5 minute loan of a pair of pliers to reattach the spring clip, they gave me not pliers but the correct tool for operating these clips, and reacted to my enquiry as though I was their best mate! And I thought trust in strangers didn't exist anymore.

Anyway it's all sorted now. Interesting experience to say the least - does anyone know whether the 1.1 Saxo should be using blue/green coolant or red coolant?
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