Ade B
MB Enthusiast
Mrs B is stuck with Junior B around the corner from a garage in Croydon following a sudden coolant loss (I suspect the water pump which has had an intermittent squeak for a few months..)
She's put some more water in to try to get to the garage, but has stopped again due to lots of steam and concern about blowing a gasket...
I've told her to walk to the garage and see if they can pick the car up..,
My question is presumably the temperature guage reads the coolant temp, ie. no coolant = inaccurate reading... therefore it is it a mad idea to let the car cool a bit, stick more water in and then drive (literally round the block) to the garage if the temp reading is still in the acceptable range - which it is..?
Plan B is to call the insurance roadside recovery (which is likely to not be particularly rapid...)
TIA
Ade
She's put some more water in to try to get to the garage, but has stopped again due to lots of steam and concern about blowing a gasket...
I've told her to walk to the garage and see if they can pick the car up..,
My question is presumably the temperature guage reads the coolant temp, ie. no coolant = inaccurate reading... therefore it is it a mad idea to let the car cool a bit, stick more water in and then drive (literally round the block) to the garage if the temp reading is still in the acceptable range - which it is..?
Plan B is to call the insurance roadside recovery (which is likely to not be particularly rapid...)
TIA
Ade