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Richie

 posted on 25th Jun 04 at 08:57

She is alive again :D

Flushed out cooling system, drained engine oil (there was wayyyyyyyyyy to much oil in there, the dipstick was reading almost double :!), refilled both, replaced thermostat cos old one was sticking, and replaced rad switch because it didnt kick in till about 98c but the new one kicks in at 95c which is right, and all is hunky dory now :D


Richie

 posted on 24th Jun 04 at 13:05

indeed she is :(*


Ally

 posted on 23rd Jun 04 at 22:54

His car ... she is dead :(


Kris TD

 posted on 23rd Jun 04 at 17:05

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
:( just spotted a bit of mayoooo in the expansion tank today, HG is firked then :'(


not necessarily, people always jump to the conclusion that white mayo or over heating is head gasket. you can get the mayo stuff from a blocked brether, or anytihng really. i dont know wat your engine is like but the 2.5 v6 has the oil cooler surrounded by water, its a commoon problem on these that the seasl go and oil gets in the water, nothing to do with HG though.
i would check your water pump, thermostat, fan switch before jumping to conclusions about the hg.


Richie

 posted on 23rd Jun 04 at 16:52

:( just spotted a bit of mayoooo in the expansion tank today, HG is firked then :'(


Richie

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 13:38

The water pisses out of the top of the coolant bottle when i switch the engine off.....


Gambit

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 12:24

you should have looked to see where the water was coming from in the engine bay.

infact id fill it back up put the cap back on then sit and let it idle until the fan comes on - then you can have a look around to see where the water is pissing out of


LukeGSi

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 11:58

:(

Doesnt sound good mate, me predicts HG too :(


Darren

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 11:46

HG :(:(


3CorsaMeal

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 09:14

sounds like headgasket or an airlock...:(


Richie

 posted on 22nd Jun 04 at 08:35

Hey peeps,

Serious problems here went out driving the other day for about 20 minutes, pulled back up on my driveway, and the temperature guage was slowly going up, so i switched the engine off, and in about 2 seconds there was water ****ing out from the engine bay

I left it for the night and came out next morning, there was hardly any coolant left in the expansion tank.

I topped it back up, started the car and put the heaters on full in the car. Within about 10 minutes the temperature went to 90c, then gradually went up. For some reason the fan only kicked in for a very short while then cut off. When the thermostat opened up the temperature went up like a bugger. I shut the engine off again and all of a sudden the expansion tank filled instantly to the top with coolant and boiled over and spat everywhere


Any ideas peeps? Im hoping its not the head gasket :|