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Nasher Bekki
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   22nd May 07 at 17:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my vauxhall corsa 1.4 16v when on idle it will boil over and engine gets very hot i have had the head gasket done and changed the thermostat flushed the system has anyone else come across orno weat else it can be. also is runnin very slugis not shore if all the same problem
DAZ1985
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22nd May 07 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
could be air locked
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quote:
Originally posted by Nasher Bekki
my vauxhall corsa 1.4 16v when on idle it will boil over and engine gets very hot i have had the head gasket done and changed the thermostat flushed the system has anyone else come across orno weat else it can be. also is runnin very slugis not shore if all the same problem


same as mine and mine wasnt an air lock either really intresteted though as we get to summer
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how can you be so sure?
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how can you be so sure?

if that was to me, i followed the precedure of emptying an airlock and it worked but still have the problem
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mattk
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so when you leave it ticking over it will go to 100 degrees?

Whats it like under normal driving?
Nasher Bekki
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its very sluggish need lots of revs to pull away lots of power loss

 
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