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Coolant level / service query

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  • AdrianC
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    One thought... Does this Fiesta have either the 1.0 or 1.6 Ecoboost engine...?
  • couriervanman
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    edited 12 November 2019 at 11:52AM
    On my van and car the coolant levels are marked as cold & hot are you sure it says minimum and not cold
  • lunacity
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    One thought... Does this Fiesta have either the 1.0 or 1.6 Ecoboost engine...?

    1.0 EcoBoost
  • lunacity
    lunacity Posts: 14 Forumite
    couriervanman wrote: »
    On my van and car the coolant levels are marked as cold & hot are you sure it says minimum and not cold

    Under the bonnet it says MIN/MAX for the coolant levels. The engine temp on the dashboard reads hot / cold, and that seems to be reading fine.
  • AdrianC
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    lunacity wrote: »
    1.0 EcoBoost
    Then I'd be taking it in for the service early, just in case the coolant loss is an early symptom. Yours shouldn't be affected, but...
  • lunacity
    lunacity Posts: 14 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Then I'd be taking it in for the service early, just in case the coolant loss is an early symptom. Yours shouldn't be affected, but...

    I thought that was an issue with a small number if models manufactured between 2011 and 2013?
  • AdrianC
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    lunacity wrote: »
    I thought that was an issue with a small number if models manufactured between 2011 and 2013?
    Solved by recall in 2015, yep. Officially.

    For the sake of booking it in for service a couple of weeks and a few hundred miles early, d'you feel lucky?
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