MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: barlimow on December 04, 2011, 08:50:03 pm

Title: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: barlimow on December 04, 2011, 08:50:03 pm: Got this message intermittently on start-up. Coolant level is fine though. So I assume (both from previous VAG knowledge and a search on here) that it's just a dodgy sensor. Is that right?

If so, how much would it be to get fixed? (parts and labour). I'm assuming a dealer would be somewhat expensive, so any recommendations for good indys in Coventry/Solihull/Birmingham/Leamington/Warwick sort of way would be useful.

Many thanks.
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: Phil Miller on December 04, 2011, 08:53:24 pm: it does sound like the sensor is furbed mate, its not a massive job to change as for cost if it came into my work it would be about £15 to fit a new one plus the cost of the part
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: animal on December 04, 2011, 08:58:22 pm: Cold weather seems to trip the warning in my R. Stop and start again and it clears.
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: gazon69 on December 04, 2011, 10:49:20 pm: Its the sensor inside the coolant bottle pal. There prone for failing and i Have the exact same problem. Unfortunately the sensor is fixed inside the bottle so the whole thing has to be replaced. I had a fabia vrs that went and it cost me £14 +vat and about 15mins to exchange. Hope this helps
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: johntheboy on December 05, 2011, 10:36:12 pm: I had this on my mk4 years ago, gave the metal prongs on the inside of the bottle a scrape with a screwdriver to clear it of a build up of crap and it never did it again.
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: barlimow on December 06, 2011, 11:11:53 am: Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated. Good to hear the part is cheap, but I dare say the dealer will try to charge me an hours labour for it! And for some more coolant. But will give them a call. I could still do with a good indy recommendation really - I'm not too keen on using the dealers to be honest. Maybe I need a seperate thread for that?

Quote from: johntheboy on December 05, 2011, 10:36:12 pm
I had this on my mk4 years ago, gave the metal prongs on the inside of the bottle a scrape with a screwdriver to clear it of a build up of crap and it never did it again.
Cheers, will try this first then!
Title: Re: "Stop! check coolant"
Post by: barlimow on December 07, 2011, 08:57:44 pm: Dealer won't even quote without seeing the car. They want it for an hour to do some "diagnostics". Apparantly that is normally £49+VAT but they will do this for free. And then presumably tell me how many £100s it will cost!!