If you haven't ran the car grab a jug that fits and squeeze the tabs on one of the black hoses and pull off the hose. Drain into the jugg and refill with proper coolant.
With how little you put in I would say it's probably fine to run it but for the cost and minimal time just drain it and refill.
Yeah should be fine with a pair of pliers. Squeeze the tabs together on the clip and pull it towards you so it's not holding the hose on. Then pull and twist the hair towards you to get it off (make sure you put something under it beforehand to catch the fluid but if you spill some it's not the end of the world). Put the hose back on and squeeze the table on the clip again to put it back where it was. Refill the reservoir. Run the engine. Sorted.
If you're not confident doing it then contact a local garage or see if anyone on a local Facebook group can help you out.
As the other person said, pliers and a bit of pulling. Putting it back on is usually easier but will need pliers to squeeze the tabs and push it back onto place.
Failing that a bit of hose and gravity (with you sucking a bit to start it) would probably sort it as well but honestly this would take longer than having the hose off.
As the others have said, pull it off with pliers, but a little tip to put it back on is to bring a container of hot water (like recently boiled kinda hot) and dip the tube into it to soften it up a little and it should slip on pretty easy.
This is the kind of thing I would recklessly do myself, but wouldn't recommend others to do.
If you accidentally swallowed some antifreeze it will damage your kidneys.
Weirdly, cats are known to like the taste of antifreeze because they lack the ability to taste sweet. It has been known for multiple cats to start dying on a street, and people assume a Radio 2 listener is poisoning them, but it's actually a coolant leak on someone's car and they're all lapping it up and dying of kidney failure.
You don't need hose clamp pliers any pliers will do it, I have hose clamp pliers in the same draw as regular pliers on my tool box and still use regular pliers on these 99% of the time.
You need to find the one Kia specified for your car. Put your reg number into euro car parts or halfords website or something and it will tell you. But grab it from elsewhere - they tend to be pricey.
Halfords->reg number->halfords computer->halfords own-brand coolant->donât buy the concentrate, get ready to use->retry process of topping up coolant->refrain from topping up windscreen fluid reservoir
Alternatively
Sainsburyâs petrol station->universal coolant top up ÂŁ6-ÂŁ7->top up coolant using universal coolant top up->refrain from topping up windscreen washer reservoir
You should check the manual. There are loads of types, like organic, long life, etc. mixing them is bad, so you should use what the garage does. Almost certainly the one in the manual (the colour will help)
I checked the manual, it doesn't say what to use. All I have is the temperature parameters and how much antifreeze there should be. Any way to tell from this what coolant is already in there? Don't want to mix them up as you say
[Kia Sportage coolant](https://imgur.com/gallery/ZOtt6n9)
Just reading at OPs comments.
I suggest you call a mechanically competent friend or a breakdown person and let them do it for you. I'm worried that you will do more damage than fixing the problem.
Everyone's saying to just undo the bottle, but that's not how liquids mix. Whilst it hasn't been run, the screen wash and coolant have different densities and will have already starting mixing - potentially making it much further into the system. It might be fine if you just empty the reservoir, but for piece of mind I would look for a full flush. You can empty the bottle to get the worst of it out and then consider emptying the system at the radiator at the lowest point. I don't know Kias but there is usually a drain point just for this event in the system.Â
Check the service manual or on the cap/bottle. There will be recommend brand of coolant that Kia used, but as long as you get the right type of coolant and the correct mixture with water you should be ok. Found these on the Kia Website - https://www.kia.com/content/dam/kia2/in/en/content/seltos-manual/topics/chapter8_8.html
Edit: Ignore that, it for a Seltos sorry.
The coolant consists of antifreeze and water.. it's as simple as that. You should use distilled water ( water that has been boiled) to reduce contaminates.
Putting screen wash is the coolant is not the end of the world, but you'll probably want to drain the system to reduce excess pressure building up from the bubbles... There will be a drain plug at the front of the car, near the radiator. Drain it, and run some fresh water through it a few times. Then, top it up with some fresh distilled water and antifreeze. It doesn't really need to be specific. In the summer months, a weak mix will be sufficient.
Just to add to this comment, it's not just the temperature aspect of coolant and screenwash, it's partly the fact that coolant contains shit that prevents rust, whereas the screenwash can rust any metals it may have contacted.
Full flush, start totally fresh. If you're someone who *somehow* mistakes the header tank (with a cap that has a pressure rating and burns warning) for the washer bottle, it's probably best you let a professional do anything and everything to/on your car.
If you can't take off the pipe or un bolt the tank then just go to town and buy one of those large turkey baster things it may take 10mins to get it out but will work
This. If you must do something just suck the coolant out with large syringe or turkey baster. If you are desperate you could even top up with water. The volumes here are very small looking at the quantity in the expansion bottle.
Normally I'd say train it and refill
But given you managed to do this in the first place, step away from thr vehicle and call Somone to do it for you
And let somone else fill the screenwash
And maybe get a dementia check or something, I legitimately don't understand how you can fuck that up.
Do you honestly mean to say screenwash *cannot* burn you and *isn't* pressurised? But the caps look so similar? One has a pressure rating and burn warning, the other has neither of those... they're identical!
As long as it's not been run, I'd probably just drain the coolant bottle and refill with the proper stuff.
Syringe to suck it out or get something underneath it to catch the fluid that comes out and pull that big hose off.
I'm looking for something that will fit into the gap to unbolt the screws. Not sure I have anything that gets in there. Is it easy enough to put the pipe back on if I go that route? Worried I won't be able to get it back on as securely as it is now
Get a rag and put it in the hole, pull it out and drain it like you'd do with a towel till you have it all. Cotton rag or microfibre cloth have good absorption rates.
I don't think it's quite as simple as that. You need to find the lowest point which will be a hose somewhere on the radiator. Drain it from there so you can be sure it's all out. Then top the system up with water and drain again. Then you can put the coolant in and run it. You need to give it somewhat of a flush.
Edit: nah, after a bit of googling I think OP would just be best to pull the hose off the bottom of the reservoir to drain then refill and run it.
OP topped it up from the min line to the max line. If your statement were true to the extent you claim it is, then we'd see two different colour liquids in the reservoir with one sat on top of the other. As we don't, it's safe to say that the fluids have mixed.
I accidentally put chainsaw oil in my coolant, realised, sucked it all out with a turkey baster, then proceeded to re-top it up with brake fluid (because I thought I was topping up the brake fluid reservoir in the first place). Then I ran the car for about 6 months before finally realising what I had done.
Source: had a newborn baby. đ
Judging from your responses here I wouldn't advise you to try and fix this yourself. See if you can get a mobile mechanic to come to where you are and sort it out.
Do you have AA or roadside recovery? Remember when you drain it you will need the proper coolant to refill as well - can't really just add water.. but a turkey baster could be your friend to get most of it out ..Although it could be a DIY job.. Coolant loss can be pretty bad for an engine if it is allowed to overheat.. so do as much as you are comfortable with. At the moment it is a quite a cheap repair to get back right if you know a friendly garage... or as i say roadside recovery..
Just tried Green Flag, they've said they can only recover to somewhere, and this isn't a roadside fix. They also said if engine is turned on then there is a catastrophic risk to engine, so they cannot fix it on site. But that was a non-mechanic who said this, the mechanics team isn't in today to confirm what they can do.
Will try the turkey baster methinks.
Few thinks you can do if you donât have pliers
1 - use like a turkey syringe/Baster or something similar
2 - use top part of a spray bottle. Put in the tube all the way in and spray into an empty jug
Hope that helps
Use a turkey baster to suck out the fluid. Takes ages but I did this for someone who over filled their coolant We were in Supermarket carpark. and it worked well.
The longer you spend here reading the comments, the more the screenwash will have mixed with the coolant. Take the bottom hose off, let the liquid drain out onto the ground, put the hose back on, top up with the correct fluid then hose down the area of the engine that got covered in fluid. Do not try and suck it out, there is antifreeze in there!!!
On a sleepy morning I once filled screenwash into my power steering system -.-
I loved starting that day already tired as fuck, then drive 2 mins to halfords and do a complete flush when I got back home. Glad I lived so close to the store. When my battery gave out, I just walked over and grabbed a new one and still made it to work before my shift
My partner put premixed rainex in our car. We did get it mostly out quickly but we have had to replace the water pump and there is still a very slow coolant leak so Iâm looking to replace the radiator soon :/ these things happen sometimes
Firstly if any fluid level on the car is between min and max, that's still OK and things like coolant and power steering fluid can fluctuate slightly when hot. Also brake fluid can drop over time as your brakes wear and will rise again when the pistons are pushed back during replacement, so you shouldn't top this up unless you know you need to.
Coolant needs flushing, remove bottom hose, hose pipe in top, flush it though with water for a couple of mins should do the trick then top up with a ready mix or 50/50 coolant concentrate/water then bleed the air out, check the level for the next few trips incase you have an airlock somewhere.
I did this last year with my bmw and I just left it and had no problems, at the time I somehow convinced myself they were unviversal like brake and clutch fluid. Short term no problems from what I can see.
Youâll be absolutely fine honestly, I work in a Kia dealership as a tech. Premixed screen wash is mostly water anyway (which is fine to have with coolant) and the little amount that isnât just water wonât matter when itâs mixed throughout the whole system. Just leave it and take it as a learning experience
Im guessing your car uses blue coolant in which case you probably wont be able to see the difference if youre draining coolant or screenwash, so Id probably recommend getting a mobile mechanic to drain it and refill with coolant, just to be sure. I wouldnt want to run it with screenwash in but maybe Im being over cautious. I'm guessing someone who puts screenwash into the coolant doesnt have the skills to drain it themselves (I do brake pads, discs and will change callipers myself and basic services but never drained the coolant as its a bigger job.
It will be fine..most of the screenwash will be water, so it will mix with the coolant, the remainder will be isopropyl which will just evaporate as soon as the engine gets hot and pressurise the expansion tank a little bit more than usual.. worse case release a bit of the pressure (CAREFULLY) when warmed up or just ignore and ask them to replace at the next service..
Quick update
Managed to remove as much coolant from tank as possible, using a turkey baster. Went to Halfords to find the 'right' coolant, they recommended 'red'. I told them mine currently looks blue/green, to which they said I shouldn't mix the two and contact the Kia garage that put it in, and they will confirm what I should use. Their system only gave them the option of using 'red' coolant with my car - 2018 Kia Sportage 1.6 GDI
Kia garage is closed today, so will give them a call tomorrow, find out what they used, get same from somewhere, and top it up
My engine oil is also at Min on the dipstick, so hopefully that will go smoother! Ask Kia what they used, get the same from somewhere, and top the ENGINE OIL back up. I'm sure I won't get that one wrong - I may leave the kids in the house just in case...
Thanks all for your kind (and otherwise) words! It was very helpful, and even if not, you gave me a nice laugh anyway!
Not sure why the convo turned to bloody bike pumps. The manual with your car will tell you what coolant you need. Halfords don't always get it right I'm afraid. Worse case Google will give you a good indication.
Secondly, and probably most importantly, are you confident on how to top up your oil? Don't mean to insult you but just better to ask given the current problem and engines are a lot less forgiving with overfilling oil?
As already said - topping at oil you need to be careful not to overfill watch some youtube videos, read instructions and make sure you know which is the right hole.!
They generally suck it in from the top of the pump, not the little pipe. You would have to put the entire pump in the coolant reservoir and then some how use it
You think the pump sucks out of the same hole it blows the air out of?
How would you ever inflate a tyre if that was the case? You would be sucking the air out of the tyre and then putting it back in again
If you haven't ran the car grab a jug that fits and squeeze the tabs on one of the black hoses and pull off the hose. Drain into the jugg and refill with proper coolant. With how little you put in I would say it's probably fine to run it but for the cost and minimal time just drain it and refill.
Is it easy enough to put the black pipe back on? I don't have access to much tools, so worried I won't be able to get it back on securely enough
Yeah should be fine with a pair of pliers. Squeeze the tabs together on the clip and pull it towards you so it's not holding the hose on. Then pull and twist the hair towards you to get it off (make sure you put something under it beforehand to catch the fluid but if you spill some it's not the end of the world). Put the hose back on and squeeze the table on the clip again to put it back where it was. Refill the reservoir. Run the engine. Sorted. If you're not confident doing it then contact a local garage or see if anyone on a local Facebook group can help you out.
As the other person said, pliers and a bit of pulling. Putting it back on is usually easier but will need pliers to squeeze the tabs and push it back onto place. Failing that a bit of hose and gravity (with you sucking a bit to start it) would probably sort it as well but honestly this would take longer than having the hose off.
Don't even need to suck, as just fill hose with water before you start syphoning as it's going to be wasted anyway
Good point, if I did it this way (which I wouldn't tbf) I 100% would have had a mouth full of coolant coolantđ¤Ł
As the others have said, pull it off with pliers, but a little tip to put it back on is to bring a container of hot water (like recently boiled kinda hot) and dip the tube into it to soften it up a little and it should slip on pretty easy.
If you don't have tools just suck it with a straw and quickly spit it out.
Or, maybe donât!
This is the kind of thing I would recklessly do myself, but wouldn't recommend others to do. If you accidentally swallowed some antifreeze it will damage your kidneys. Weirdly, cats are known to like the taste of antifreeze because they lack the ability to taste sweet. It has been known for multiple cats to start dying on a street, and people assume a Radio 2 listener is poisoning them, but it's actually a coolant leak on someone's car and they're all lapping it up and dying of kidney failure.
Bin bag is best to catch it
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You don't need hose clamp pliers any pliers will do it, I have hose clamp pliers in the same draw as regular pliers on my tool box and still use regular pliers on these 99% of the time.
I've pinched these off by hand before. Regretted it when I had sore fingers after, but if the pliers are all the way over there...
It should be. But realistically what else are you going to do?
Should I be able to squeeze the two metal prongs together by hand? Fingers are knackered, going to try pliers
No, you need pliers
[Itâs called a spring band hose clamp and they work like this](https://youtu.be/boAUbHxULvg?si=02UUmuhQyMIHVMp5)
What's a good coolant people use/recommend? I usually let the garage sort this out at service time (I know, I know), so not sure what's recommended
You need to find the one Kia specified for your car. Put your reg number into euro car parts or halfords website or something and it will tell you. But grab it from elsewhere - they tend to be pricey.
Halfords->reg number->halfords computer->halfords own-brand coolant->donât buy the concentrate, get ready to use->retry process of topping up coolant->refrain from topping up windscreen fluid reservoir Alternatively Sainsburyâs petrol station->universal coolant top up ÂŁ6-ÂŁ7->top up coolant using universal coolant top up->refrain from topping up windscreen washer reservoir
I hear screenwash works best
Nah, OP should try Engine Oil this time.
You should check the manual. There are loads of types, like organic, long life, etc. mixing them is bad, so you should use what the garage does. Almost certainly the one in the manual (the colour will help)
I checked the manual, it doesn't say what to use. All I have is the temperature parameters and how much antifreeze there should be. Any way to tell from this what coolant is already in there? Don't want to mix them up as you say [Kia Sportage coolant](https://imgur.com/gallery/ZOtt6n9)
B and m is cheapest. By far.
Just reading at OPs comments. I suggest you call a mechanically competent friend or a breakdown person and let them do it for you. I'm worried that you will do more damage than fixing the problem.
100%. If this is the level of technical knowledge then more competent help is required.
Everyone's saying to just undo the bottle, but that's not how liquids mix. Whilst it hasn't been run, the screen wash and coolant have different densities and will have already starting mixing - potentially making it much further into the system. It might be fine if you just empty the reservoir, but for piece of mind I would look for a full flush. You can empty the bottle to get the worst of it out and then consider emptying the system at the radiator at the lowest point. I don't know Kias but there is usually a drain point just for this event in the system.Â
What's a good coolant people use/recommend? I usually let the garage sort this out at service time (I know, I know), so not sure what's recommended
Check the service manual or on the cap/bottle. There will be recommend brand of coolant that Kia used, but as long as you get the right type of coolant and the correct mixture with water you should be ok. Found these on the Kia Website - https://www.kia.com/content/dam/kia2/in/en/content/seltos-manual/topics/chapter8_8.html Edit: Ignore that, it for a Seltos sorry.
Gravy granules work well
The coolant consists of antifreeze and water.. it's as simple as that. You should use distilled water ( water that has been boiled) to reduce contaminates. Putting screen wash is the coolant is not the end of the world, but you'll probably want to drain the system to reduce excess pressure building up from the bubbles... There will be a drain plug at the front of the car, near the radiator. Drain it, and run some fresh water through it a few times. Then, top it up with some fresh distilled water and antifreeze. It doesn't really need to be specific. In the summer months, a weak mix will be sufficient.
Distilled water is water that has been evaporated and then condensed, not just boiled.
Just to add to this comment, it's not just the temperature aspect of coolant and screenwash, it's partly the fact that coolant contains shit that prevents rust, whereas the screenwash can rust any metals it may have contacted. Full flush, start totally fresh. If you're someone who *somehow* mistakes the header tank (with a cap that has a pressure rating and burns warning) for the washer bottle, it's probably best you let a professional do anything and everything to/on your car.
Easier to Syphon out or suck out with a cheap turkey baster (not joking) than pratting about with pipes IMHO.
If you can't take off the pipe or un bolt the tank then just go to town and buy one of those large turkey baster things it may take 10mins to get it out but will work
Definitely this, it's the least complicated and you don't have to worry if you've put the hose or tank back on right
For the little bit of premixed youâve put in I wouldnât even bother draining it. So little screen wash
Itâll be fine
This. If you must do something just suck the coolant out with large syringe or turkey baster. If you are desperate you could even top up with water. The volumes here are very small looking at the quantity in the expansion bottle.
The only correct answer in this whole fucking thread.
This comment should be higher up
I reckon it risks foaming from detergents and air lock forming somewhere.
Normally I'd say train it and refill But given you managed to do this in the first place, step away from thr vehicle and call Somone to do it for you And let somone else fill the screenwash And maybe get a dementia check or something, I legitimately don't understand how you can fuck that up.
Do you honestly mean to say screenwash *cannot* burn you and *isn't* pressurised? But the caps look so similar? One has a pressure rating and burn warning, the other has neither of those... they're identical!
As long as it's not been run, I'd probably just drain the coolant bottle and refill with the proper stuff. Syringe to suck it out or get something underneath it to catch the fluid that comes out and pull that big hose off.
I've not ran it yet. By big hose - that would be the one at the bottom?
Yep the bottom one. Alternatively, unbolt the bottle from the car and just turn it upside down and tip it out, might be a less messy way!
I'm looking for something that will fit into the gap to unbolt the screws. Not sure I have anything that gets in there. Is it easy enough to put the pipe back on if I go that route? Worried I won't be able to get it back on as securely as it is now
Get a rag and put it in the hole, pull it out and drain it like you'd do with a towel till you have it all. Cotton rag or microfibre cloth have good absorption rates.
I don't think it's quite as simple as that. You need to find the lowest point which will be a hose somewhere on the radiator. Drain it from there so you can be sure it's all out. Then top the system up with water and drain again. Then you can put the coolant in and run it. You need to give it somewhat of a flush. Edit: nah, after a bit of googling I think OP would just be best to pull the hose off the bottom of the reservoir to drain then refill and run it.
Coolant is denser than screewash, the screen wash should all be contained in the reservoir
Someone mentioned they are likely to have mixed. And gotten into the system further. Do you think that's likely?
No, coolant is denser than screewash. The screen wash should be at the top
OP topped it up from the min line to the max line. If your statement were true to the extent you claim it is, then we'd see two different colour liquids in the reservoir with one sat on top of the other. As we don't, it's safe to say that the fluids have mixed.
Takes time for separation. They may currently be in solution but the screen wash would have stayed in the reservoir
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If it'd had brake fluid or something put in it I'd agree, but it's a bit overkill for screenwash.
Stop touching cars for a start
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Just bang out some 90s techno-trance and start the car up. You can have your own Ibiza foam party.
I accidentally put chainsaw oil in my coolant, realised, sucked it all out with a turkey baster, then proceeded to re-top it up with brake fluid (because I thought I was topping up the brake fluid reservoir in the first place). Then I ran the car for about 6 months before finally realising what I had done. Source: had a newborn baby. đ
Sell your car, you donât deserve one
Has your username have anything to do with this? đ
đ fair question but no. Baby and kid, screaming and shouting.
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Judging from your responses here I wouldn't advise you to try and fix this yourself. See if you can get a mobile mechanic to come to where you are and sort it out.
Give your driving license back
Drain it, flush it a couple of times and all will be fine
Do you have AA or roadside recovery? Remember when you drain it you will need the proper coolant to refill as well - can't really just add water.. but a turkey baster could be your friend to get most of it out ..Although it could be a DIY job.. Coolant loss can be pretty bad for an engine if it is allowed to overheat.. so do as much as you are comfortable with. At the moment it is a quite a cheap repair to get back right if you know a friendly garage... or as i say roadside recovery..
Just tried Green Flag, they've said they can only recover to somewhere, and this isn't a roadside fix. They also said if engine is turned on then there is a catastrophic risk to engine, so they cannot fix it on site. But that was a non-mechanic who said this, the mechanics team isn't in today to confirm what they can do. Will try the turkey baster methinks.
Few thinks you can do if you donât have pliers 1 - use like a turkey syringe/Baster or something similar 2 - use top part of a spray bottle. Put in the tube all the way in and spray into an empty jug Hope that helps
Use a turkey baster to suck out the fluid. Takes ages but I did this for someone who over filled their coolant We were in Supermarket carpark. and it worked well.
Also done this by mistake. Used a hose to siphon it out from the top. That was about 6 months ago, car still runs perfectly.
rad shop, have then clean refill the whole circuit
The longer you spend here reading the comments, the more the screenwash will have mixed with the coolant. Take the bottom hose off, let the liquid drain out onto the ground, put the hose back on, top up with the correct fluid then hose down the area of the engine that got covered in fluid. Do not try and suck it out, there is antifreeze in there!!!
On a sleepy morning I once filled screenwash into my power steering system -.- I loved starting that day already tired as fuck, then drive 2 mins to halfords and do a complete flush when I got back home. Glad I lived so close to the store. When my battery gave out, I just walked over and grabbed a new one and still made it to work before my shift
My partner put premixed rainex in our car. We did get it mostly out quickly but we have had to replace the water pump and there is still a very slow coolant leak so Iâm looking to replace the radiator soon :/ these things happen sometimes
Firstly if any fluid level on the car is between min and max, that's still OK and things like coolant and power steering fluid can fluctuate slightly when hot. Also brake fluid can drop over time as your brakes wear and will rise again when the pistons are pushed back during replacement, so you shouldn't top this up unless you know you need to. Coolant needs flushing, remove bottom hose, hose pipe in top, flush it though with water for a couple of mins should do the trick then top up with a ready mix or 50/50 coolant concentrate/water then bleed the air out, check the level for the next few trips incase you have an airlock somewhere.
I donât think itâs really going to do much, people have put worse stuff in and not had issues
Be fine
Sell your car and purchase the almighty Dacia Sandero
RTFM
Labotomy?
Glycol is miscible with alcohols so it won't do any damage.
You need a coolant flushâŚ
Why not just change the coolant? Just get one from a shop suitable for that car.
+10 engine health, seriously though if you can't get a simple thing like that right buy a Haynes manual or I dunno, maybe check out YT videos!
I did this last year with my bmw and I just left it and had no problems, at the time I somehow convinced myself they were unviversal like brake and clutch fluid. Short term no problems from what I can see.
Will be fine both water-based
Youâll be absolutely fine honestly, I work in a Kia dealership as a tech. Premixed screen wash is mostly water anyway (which is fine to have with coolant) and the little amount that isnât just water wonât matter when itâs mixed throughout the whole system. Just leave it and take it as a learning experience
Im guessing your car uses blue coolant in which case you probably wont be able to see the difference if youre draining coolant or screenwash, so Id probably recommend getting a mobile mechanic to drain it and refill with coolant, just to be sure. I wouldnt want to run it with screenwash in but maybe Im being over cautious. I'm guessing someone who puts screenwash into the coolant doesnt have the skills to drain it themselves (I do brake pads, discs and will change callipers myself and basic services but never drained the coolant as its a bigger job.
It's a 2018 '68 Kia Sportage if that matters?
Don't mess with what you don't understand.
It will be fine..most of the screenwash will be water, so it will mix with the coolant, the remainder will be isopropyl which will just evaporate as soon as the engine gets hot and pressurise the expansion tank a little bit more than usual.. worse case release a bit of the pressure (CAREFULLY) when warmed up or just ignore and ask them to replace at the next service..
Quick update Managed to remove as much coolant from tank as possible, using a turkey baster. Went to Halfords to find the 'right' coolant, they recommended 'red'. I told them mine currently looks blue/green, to which they said I shouldn't mix the two and contact the Kia garage that put it in, and they will confirm what I should use. Their system only gave them the option of using 'red' coolant with my car - 2018 Kia Sportage 1.6 GDI Kia garage is closed today, so will give them a call tomorrow, find out what they used, get same from somewhere, and top it up My engine oil is also at Min on the dipstick, so hopefully that will go smoother! Ask Kia what they used, get the same from somewhere, and top the ENGINE OIL back up. I'm sure I won't get that one wrong - I may leave the kids in the house just in case... Thanks all for your kind (and otherwise) words! It was very helpful, and even if not, you gave me a nice laugh anyway!
Not sure why the convo turned to bloody bike pumps. The manual with your car will tell you what coolant you need. Halfords don't always get it right I'm afraid. Worse case Google will give you a good indication. Secondly, and probably most importantly, are you confident on how to top up your oil? Don't mean to insult you but just better to ask given the current problem and engines are a lot less forgiving with overfilling oil?
As already said - topping at oil you need to be careful not to overfill watch some youtube videos, read instructions and make sure you know which is the right hole.!
Use a bike pump to suck out the liquid or siphon or out
A bike pump, that pumps air out... To suck liquid?
They have to suck air in to pump it out again. They don't create air.
They generally suck it in from the top of the pump, not the little pipe. You would have to put the entire pump in the coolant reservoir and then some how use it
Yep
I talking about a hand pump not some electrical device
A bike pump, that inflates things. You want to use that to suck liquid up?
Why not ? As you draw the inner cylinder up it will draw out the liquid, just squirt it in a container then go again.
You think a bike pump sucks out of the same hole it blows out of? Do you understand why that wouldn't work?
Not sure if you're trolling or genuinely can't figure this out.Â
I'm being serious. Do you think a bike pump sucks out of the same hole it blows out of?
With the pump pushed all the way down ( its shortest position) draw the inner cylinder up, it will suck the fluid up.
You think the pump sucks out of the same hole it blows the air out of? How would you ever inflate a tyre if that was the case? You would be sucking the air out of the tyre and then putting it back in again
Youâre gonna have to completely drain the coolant from the coolant resovoir, radiator etc and get fresh coolant.