Hi,

I'm new to club polo. It's good to be here. We have a 52 reg green Polo 1.2S. I used to own a E 1988 Polo saloon which we modified with a G40 super-charged engine and won best engine at GTi International about 15 years ago. The polo we have now is standard and boring in comparison but had to grow up and down-size!. The coolant level has been gradually dropping since we bought it from a garage 8 months ago. We can't see any sign of leakages, but are keeping an eye on it. We have had nothing but problems with it and it only has 42k miles. Typical problems apparently for the model.

Any comments appreciated.

Cheers

Trace all your hoses/pipes around + housing/temp sensor/water pump and make sure there's no leaks at all. Check for "white powder" as that is sign of leakage. Bottom of rads can rust and weap. If there literally no leaks then possibly heater matrix but more likely head gasket. Any oil in the water? Or water on dipstick?

Thanks matt01. Will check as advised. Hoping to hell it isn't the head gasket as it only has 42k on the clock. If it is the head, we've been sold a dud as we've already had the whole dash out to try and fix the air con which apparently is a common fault for the model.

Cheers.