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Old Jan 29th, 2020, 08:07   #22
V40user
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Default V40 D2 1.6 2014 Coolant Loss Problem 71K Miles

First time poster . It appears I am having the same problem. I've had the car 41/2 years and have had various instances of the coolant low warning. It was in a main dealer a couple of years ago, then once with an AA callout when my partner was driving. The AA guy commented that the volvo sensors were "twitchy" and she was parked on a hill. He topped it up and all has been fine for a year or so.
Last week it was due for it's annual service MOT etc. I've use a volvo independant specialist for the past couple of years and as I pulled onto his forecourt the warning appeared! Pointed this out, and when I picked the car up they had topped up the coolant and all appeared fine for about 1 day. The car was taken back to the repair shop yesterday and a head gasket failure has been diagnosed. The coolant system was showing excess pressure.
I've noticed that the windscreen demist has been much less efficient for the past couple of weeks forgot to mention this to the repair shop. I'm not technical but could this be part of the same problem and is the issue likely to end at the head gasket or could it be worse. I'm worried about giving the garage the go ahead for the gasket, only for them to find follow on issues. Any advice would be very gratefully received
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