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garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 16:50 |
quote: Going on what you and others have said im putting the heaters down to an air lock. I recently put all the water pipes back on the car as i put a new engine in. Its not the switch though as when you turn it you can hear it change from hot to cold if you get me? | |
Ant |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 15:28 |
right reving could be a number of things, air leak in the inlet system mosy obvious, to check just spray carb cleaner round the inlet manifold after the throttle body, if the engine note changes you found your problem, apart from that could be a management issue like crank sensor though im sure that would also cause issues under load, not to clued up on the smaller engines do they ICV anyone... | |
macky |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 12:51 |
try replacing the crank sensor to solve the revving...it fixed mine; for 1 week :| | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 11:52 |
Root was a great help to me and I will be using his advice to try and solve the problems. | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:51 |
u2u'ed lol | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:36 |
TBH I wouldnt want to give you my car due to all its problems :( | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:34 |
Haha, swap you for my 1.2 8v? lol :D it has an alarm. | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:33 |
Well you have given me plenty of things that I can be getting on with to try and solve the problem :thumbs: | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:29 |
quote: no problem, if there's no mayo in your dipstick that's good, but if there's no mayo on your filler cap (sometimes you get a little from condensation, which is normal), then...I'm clueless:boggle: | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:28 |
Thats another thing, there is no mayo on filler cap or in dipstick :S | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:25 |
quote: You mean for the heaters, fix the HG first (if it is that, check for leaks in hoses and rad, also check oil filler cap for mayo) and see if that'll also cure your heaters | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:23 |
Just out of interest, where is the water pump? | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:21 |
quote: sounds like your clutch is slipping for the revs and your head gasket is gone/going what with the 100 degrees etc I would say that's the thermostat gone. All your symptons your telling me suggests you need a new head gasket, thermo and water pump. But check that it's not leaking out of any hoses or that you don't have a big fat hole in your rad... If not, buy a head gasket, I got mine for £12 when I did mine (luckily I didn't need to change the thermo or pump as it hadn't cocked up that badly and I'm still driving happily now but what with your symptons I think you'd have to. [Edited on 27-11-2009 by Root] | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:17 |
Yea using alot of water. Well I say using, there isnt steam coming out the exhaust like I thought there would be if the head gasket was going. It just seems to be going. Could be a leak but there is never any mess under the car :S | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:14 |
Well in the winter you need to be using coolant with antifreeze to stop it siezing in the pipes but in the summer water on it's own is 100% fine. | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:12 |
quote: Jesus you can tell its early lol :lol: Thanks for the help mate. I dont know how old the clutch :( I dont even have 'coolant' (unless thats just water in which case I have it but I am filling it up everyday) | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:05 |
quote: Read my edited post about your revs, you mean they blow cold air when they should be blowing hot. :lol: First and foremost, check if your have sufficient coolant in your system...mine was blowing cold air a few weeks ago, then the temperature went up to 95 and I realised I had no coolant:thumbs: | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:02 |
The heaters are blowing cold air when they should be blowing cold, Its freezing! | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 08:59 |
quote: Erm, that's weird, I've seen bikes rev like that before, but only due to either cables being stuck or the choke being pulled out. These cars use an automatic choke though. Not too sure on that. It could be that the clutch is slipping...that's what I'd say it was...how old is the clutch? Also...this may sound really chavvy, but my clutch is slipping, I first started to realise when I went to wheelspin and the car didn't, I gave it enough revs, let the clutch out and it just pulled away rather sluggishly...was only a 1.2 8v engine though but it used to spin.:lol: About the heaters, do you mean it blows out cold air when you try to make hot air come out or do you mean it literally blows cold air all the time (even when the fan settings are at 0) [Edited on 27-11-2009 by Root] | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 08:50 |
Thanks for the quick reply. | |
Root |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 08:33 |
Does the fan kick in? It should be literally 96-97 degrees when the fan kicks in. | |
garner90 |
posted on 27th Nov 09 at 08:30 |
Hi all, |