Getting ready for the summer....oh no !

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:50 am

Due to a mixture of the weather and working more hours than a junior Doctor my elise hasn't really moved much since the middle of November, yesterday I got a chance to pop the battery out and give it a charge. after chiseling the batteryclamp off I got the battery out.

I popped my head in the engine bay for a nosey and I noticed to my horror there wqas no water in the expansion bottle.

currentlly bricking it as all I can think off is the water has frozen and destroyed everything.

tut · Post by **tut** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:16 am

If you had the correct anti freeze in it should not freeze.

tut

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:18 am

If it did freeze, the chances are that it will have popped a rubber pipe rather than one of the alloy ones ... fill it up and see what happens!

Cheers,
Robin

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:36 am

Filled up the expansion tank last night andleft it, I will have a look when I get home

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:46 pm

tut wrote:If you had the correct anti freeze in it should not freeze.

tut

It should have been fine, I did top it up over the year but not by much. I am a bit pessimistic

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:26 pm

It's holding water, maybe all the cylinders.are.full

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:32 pm

cuphalfempty.com

mac · Post by **mac** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:22 pm

meatball wrote:cuphalfempty.com

Or Piston's half full

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:42 pm

Mine did that last year. Topped it up and all has been fine since.

Check your heater matrix, do you get a wee waft of coolant smell when you first turn the heaters on??... You may find you have a tiny leak too

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:11 pm

mac wrote:
meatball wrote:cuphalfempty.com
Or Piston's half full

Brilliant

If its been sitting a while thought might be an idea to take the plugs out and crank over by hand prior to trying to start it.

Scottish Elises

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