hi Gareth, ive said it was the water pump and now i cant be sure if it was and what lead up to it, i dont recall overheating happening but it had to have a specialist machine do a pressure test and it was losing pressure, i need to find my receipts we moved and lots of things still in storage, so the garage put a new pump? on i remember it costing over £600! but dont remember the cam belt being changed as car had by then only done about 40000, but do remember there being talk that it should of been changed because of where the new part was being fitted,, then about 3 years ago the car lost power going up a small sharp hill it was shaking the whole car the orange engine management light was flashing and it was juddering i turned round went home took it to different garage as i thought the one that done the work on pump was dodgy, they said it was coil packs 2 of them and once one went the other would soon follow they wanted 700+ found coil packs on ebay about 70quid with new plugs and brother in law car mechanic fitted them, but then started driving regular trip essex to isle of wight and was using litre of oil each trip and water coolant light coming on so topping it up regular the temperature light does not indicate car is over heating just the red warning light alarm goes off and saysd switch off engine and check coolant level, oil leak hasnt failed mot just sometimes theres a small patch on the floor not regular this is in middle at front the engine itself is very clean no oil around anywhere all pipes etc clean,yes can live with it if its not causing a problem elsewhere,but u cant even see where it comes from which is also strange, but as i say if it happens and i put the heater on full then it stops losing power and juddering after a few seconds, we have a local garage we can speak to, just thought i would ask on here as money is very tight right now and the car is my lifeline as im disabled and cant use public transport, many thanks for taking time to reply
