so wat does high temp on the dash mean then mr drew? and wat causes airlocks?

no idea bout a pug - on corsa its near the thermostat - down near plug 1

where is the temp sensor on the car usually? is it in the rad?

high on dash is deffo not thermostat

my temperature is always stable but always high and the fan seems to be always on

Could be on its way though, I remember when my gasget blew a while back, about a week before the temperature used to shoot up in the car even while driving, then go down and never settle, yet the radiator was cold, no creamy oil or anything, then it went pop on the way to bradford & was stuck 70 miles from home :(

temp on the dash runs high

if its thermostat - fan wont cut in cause water wont get hot.

but - radiator being cold after driving - could be thermostat

Wot happens with the temp meter on the dash? run normal - high? low??

looks like it, dont think the head gaskets gone cos i ran the car and left the top off the Coolant tank usually if the head gaskets gone the water boils over doesnt it? also there is no white deposits round the oil filler cap

airlock most likely thermostat maybee
just have a go at getting rid of an airlock first see what hapens

just been outside and the fans only blow hot if u rev the car a lot else they blow cold and the pipe going into the radiator only gets real hot when u squeeze it???

i mean you do
"use your car to its full potential"

me to the water aint gettin round maybee the water pump

sounds like thermostat,

i dont think it is but it could be the head, my sis had the same problem with hers and i did with my corsa, just an idea

sometimes a bleed valve somewhere, another way that ive done it before is to drain the system, then fill as much as you can. start it running with the rad cap off and watch for the water level falling. When it starts to fall add more water till the level settles down again. Once the fan has been on and off a few times its normally okay.

Only done it this way on an astra that i was having trouble with once, sorted that out tho.... good luck

open the resivior "take lid off" run engine put heater on hot full blast and run the car upto temp squeeze the pipes going to and from the resivior eventually it shoul clear can take up to 30mins
failing that sound slike the thermostat has or is going

how do u release air locks i think ur correct as the internal heaters keep blowing hot and cold

sounds like an airlock somewhere? no nothing about the pug engines tho

Recently my car has been getting real hot even when not in traffic and wen the weather is cold.

The fan seems to come on constantly and i felt the radiator after a longish drive tonight and it was stone cold. Obviously its a cooling problem nebody ne ideas wot??