Was driving my car yesterday and it's seemed like it got warm pretty quick. Might just be paranoid? But when in the slightest bit of traffic the temp needle will go past half way and down again when driving. But it's as soon as I stop it will move up past half way? I know that it does tend to move up sometimes in really bad traffic, but surely not for a couple of mins? Iv not checked anything yet as didn't fancy opening the coolant when it was hot. And I totally forgot to check it a couple of hours after.

What will I need to check? Oil, coolant? Maybe check if the fans are working properly.

Also abit of topic, when I'm driving and it's gets up to temp and I decide to give it abit of boost (in 2nd gear) it will kind of fuel cut? But after it does it once it won't do it again? Cheers in advance ash

 

Check coolant levels by opening the header tank on top of the engine when cold.

Top up slowly with recommended dilution of anti-freeze, not water.

If it's gone very low, you may end up draining and refilling to avoid air locks. When was the coolant last changed?

 

It's not been changed since iv had the car. Around 4 months. It was very low. I topped it up with water to see if it was the problem..it was. Was anti freeze/coolant do people reccomend? It's a v5 type r

 

Also I'm going to do a full coolant flush. How much does my tank hold? And how much coolant, water and anti freeze would you reccomend? I came from vag so it wasn't so complicated lol. Cheers ash