ok cheers guys

if you look directly at the front of the car from the outside the thermostat is on the bottom left of the rad. basically you have wait till the car is cold then spin out the thremostat with some grips ( might be easier if you take the rad out). when you got the thermo out put the kettle on. or put a pan of water on the stove and pop in the thermo. when the water boils the thermo should pop open if not its buggered, take a trip to halfords and get one they cost about a tenner. other than that just check all the pipes if you dont see a leak, take it to a garage and they will be able to tell you if you have blown the head gasget cos i wouldnt aedvise tryin to fix it yourself.

[Edited on 21-09-2003 by mistdotcom]

yea is it easy and how u check the thermostat?

check the thermostat, it may be leaking from there i had the same problem the thermo didnt open to start the fan so went into the red. water boils at 100'C so when its in the red its probably boiling somewhere so the pressure will increase which may force a leak out of one of the pipes. which you wont notice while the car is idling.

it only did it once didnt go into the red i stopped b 4 it did. the fan didnt cut in tho? it seems ok now, but its a little stutteryat idle. there is no oil in the water. havin a massive headache here!

yeah if its over heating, i think too thats its gone...

Sounds like head gasket has already gone happend to me bout 280 to sort it all

what is it if its not a leak?? the water isnt going to go anywhere if it isnt a leak. then its the head gasket...

cheers guys. wat if its not a leak? i have topped it up will that make an airlock?

chech the leak. if you can, try to fix it*proper,very thick tape or so.* if you cant dont drive...
head gasket will blow and its expensive...

yea wen i top it up water drips under neath. there is lots of pressure is that bad?

mine was in very difficult place under the plastic inlet manifold, one of the pipes. could be any of those pipes, check under the bonnet. and under car.

u think so? r there any common places to get leaks? not the head gasket then?;

you got leak in pipes or in headgasket and if you have leak in pipes then soon you got to get a new head gasket, if you still drive and the water goes too low.

if its overheated then youl have to get new head gasket anyway...

dont drive is my suggestion until its repaired, it will be very expensive if something goes fcuked...

could be head gasket.is there alot of presure when you take off the expansion tank cap

you got a leak, and when you put water in add some coolant cos it stops the water boiling thus producing gas.

wat does this mean. its an x16xe engine. i top the water up but it goes again. then the pipes get full of air. help asap