slow learner

barry · 8th October 2008, 08:12

Set off on Monday for a couple of days down country.
Twenty kms from home on the motorway noticed the temp guage at twelve o'clock and the red light on. ****.

Back to the local agent in Auckland on the back of a transporter.
Pressure test for possible leak - nothing.

Had had a coolant change a month ago and had only done short runs of late.
All agreed that the operative had probably trapped an air lock in cooling system during refill. No charge.
The possibility of this happening if I had done the service was why I had taken the car in initially. Anyway everything's back to normal now.

The reason I tell you this is to illustrate that some good things can happen out of adversity.
When driving away from the service centre I noticed an 'error' posted in the trip recorder.
I was driving so the navigator (captain?) looked up the drivers handbook.
Troubleshooting involved pressing a button on the end of the indicator stalk I was told. Button? what button?

To cut a long story short I have now discovered that my 180 Sport has a trip computer.
Wow - and I've only owned the car four years this Christmas.

Cheers to all
Barry

JohnDotCom · 8th October 2008, 08:34

Oh dear Barry.
Time to explore some more Buttons or read the handbook!

karl_683 · 8th October 2008, 13:41

Good for you Barry. Try as i may i can't find a trip computer on my car!

8th October 2008, 08:12	#1
barry Regular poster mg zt 180 sport Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: auckland Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	slow learner Set off on Monday for a couple of days down country. Twenty kms from home on the motorway noticed the temp guage at twelve o'clock and the red light on. ***. Back to the local agent in Auckland on the back of a transporter. Pressure test for possible leak - nothing. Had had a coolant change a month ago and had only done short runs of late. All agreed that the operative had probably trapped an air lock in cooling system during refill. No charge. The possibility of this happening if I had done the service was why I had taken the car in initially. Anyway everything's back to normal now. The reason I tell you this is to illustrate that some good things can happen out of adversity. When driving away from the service centre I noticed an 'error' posted in the trip recorder. I was driving so the navigator (captain?) looked up the drivers handbook. Troubleshooting involved pressing a button on the end of the indicator stalk I was told. Button? what button? To cut a long story short I have now discovered that my 180 Sport has a trip computer. Wow - and I've only owned the car four years this Christmas. Cheers to all Barry Last edited by Simon; 8th October 2008 at 10:07.. Reason: Swear filter*

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8th October 2008, 08:34	#2
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Oh dear Barry. Time to explore some more Buttons or read the handbook!

8th October 2008, 13:41	#3
karl_683 Loves to post Jaguar X-Type Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Peterborough Posts: 323 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good for you Barry. Try as i may i can't find a trip computer on my car!