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Hello,
I'll try to describe the situation. I've bought my Jag in Feb this year - he's done just 21k miles at the time I bought it. I have changed the engine oil the very next day I bought it, and than changed it agan when I was replacing the tensioners from plastic to proper ones. The mechanic who was doing that told me there was pure water coming from the engine before the oil when he was draining it. He also told me that might be because the car hasn't been used for a loooong time. This was on 1st March this year.
In the mid April the warning message "ENGINE COOLANT LOW" message came on. The temperature gauge was in the middle, but I topped it up with around 0.5L of demineralised water.
About three weeks later the same message came on again. I've checked carefully if there are any leaks from any hoses, I put the flattened carton box under the engine to see if there are any leaks, but I havent noticed anything.
The fact is I've had to top-up another 0.5L, this time I've added coolant leak repair fluid (K-SEAL). We'll see if that helps.
I'm still thinking of that water coming from the engine before the oil - I'm suspecting the head gasket might be the problem, which would be the worst scenario.
I have changed the oil myself today. I haven't noticed anything suspicious, the old oil wasn't milky or cloudy... It looked quite normal.
What else can I do? How can I investigate that further?
Thanks in advance for any tips.
I'll try to describe the situation. I've bought my Jag in Feb this year - he's done just 21k miles at the time I bought it. I have changed the engine oil the very next day I bought it, and than changed it agan when I was replacing the tensioners from plastic to proper ones. The mechanic who was doing that told me there was pure water coming from the engine before the oil when he was draining it. He also told me that might be because the car hasn't been used for a loooong time. This was on 1st March this year.
In the mid April the warning message "ENGINE COOLANT LOW" message came on. The temperature gauge was in the middle, but I topped it up with around 0.5L of demineralised water.
About three weeks later the same message came on again. I've checked carefully if there are any leaks from any hoses, I put the flattened carton box under the engine to see if there are any leaks, but I havent noticed anything.
The fact is I've had to top-up another 0.5L, this time I've added coolant leak repair fluid (K-SEAL). We'll see if that helps.
I'm still thinking of that water coming from the engine before the oil - I'm suspecting the head gasket might be the problem, which would be the worst scenario.
I have changed the oil myself today. I haven't noticed anything suspicious, the old oil wasn't milky or cloudy... It looked quite normal.
What else can I do? How can I investigate that further?
Thanks in advance for any tips.