Owdrider

We convinced ourselves to hang onto ours for the same reason. I knew that work had been done to the car that would last us another few years. I ended up spending 2700 on our car in 2011 because the turbo failed AND the cylinder head cracked. (a few other things swapped too) I could have spent the same to get a different 2nd hand car, but back to the scenario of not knowing what was wrong with it and feeling like we were starting all over again. As it was, while I was sitting outside my sister's house with the handbrake on, some goon drove straight into me, head on, at 30mph without even braking! Complete write off and thousands lost. I probably wouldn't do it again! :) I'm hoping our new (used) Galaxy doesn't develop any major problems.....

New. The main reason I had the car back when it got written off at Xmas! B)

New cylinder head fitted cost us 1200.

Loss of coolant through expansion/overflow when under load? When releasing the coolant cap there was a lot of pressure from ours. Hence when running at low revs and steady driving it mostly seemed ok, but put under load the compression from the cylinders was getting through the cracks into the coolant system. I'm no expert so can't help you too much other than let you know how ours went. It started as a little problem for us & gradually got worse. Hope it isn't for your sake!

Hi, I'm new to the forum. Been lurking a while because of some trouble with my last Galaxy that sounds exactly the same as yours. It started off just like you describe. Had to keep putting small amounts of coolant back in after journeys. then it seemed ok around town. Longer journeys it started to lose water rapidly and overheat. Some days it seemed ok then others an absolute nightmare. There was no water getting into the oil, but oil was getting onto the coolant. After trying all sorts of stuff - new pump, thermostat, etc etc.... It ended up that the cylinder head was cracked :rolleyes: