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Some Advise please regarding my new Merc.

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  • mchale
    mchale Posts: 1,886 Forumite
    Ectophile wrote: »
    You should. But if you need to, then there's something wrong with the car.:D

    Modern cars shouldn't be leaking fluids.


    Rubbish, you could check levels on a monday a leak could start on tuesday, if you don't check for say 3 weeks damage to the engine could well be done.
    ANURADHA KOIRALA ??? go on throw it in google.
  • mchale wrote: »
    Rubbish, you could check levels on a monday a leak could start on tuesday, if you don't check for say 3 weeks damage to the engine could well be done.

    It's the reliability paradox. As cars are so reliable checks rarely discover a fault so it is difficult to see the point, especially as drivers are bombarded with diagnostics so expect to be told of faults (unless you drive an EcoBoost it seems). It is conceivable on a modern car to do weekly checks for its lifetime and never find anything.

    However, if you do have a fault...
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