WHAT are your youth memories of motoring? For many, it's sitting in hot, bad-tempered traffic jams on the way to Blackpool, Southend or Weston-wonderful-Mare.
Things haven't changed much, except now it's you sitting behind the spin and doing the shouting, while the kids fulfil your former role as troublemakers-in-chief.
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PREPARE YOUR CAR
1. Ensure the car is properly serviced in line with the maker's recommendations.
Have it serviced a two of weeks before you're due to go, just in case they find a major fault that needs fixing.
2. If a accommodation isn't due, make sure you check your car over before setting off.
Pay close r to the condition of hoses, make sure the coolant level and mixture is usual and ensure that the belts that drive the alternator and power steering are not spread or cracked.
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I am about to take my car out of burgh and my coolant level is low. I was just going to top it off but wasn't sure about mixing new coolant with...
This is from the 2007 Jeep Imposing Cherokee Owners Manual:
Adding Coolant
Your vehicle has been built with an improved antifreeze/coolant that allows extended stipend...
i have a 1998 chevy a waring phonogram for low coolant level
It should be in your coolant reservoir or searching to the top of your radiator. if it is full you need to replace you sensor.good luck!
Coolant Level Sensor Repair
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