sunnyb
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as above
any suggestions?
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
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is it constantly at 100degrees, no matter if your driving or stationary?
does the fan cut in?
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sunnyb
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Registered: 21st Oct 03
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no just when im stuck in traffic yes fan cuts in but almost touches the red!
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Ditch
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dont worry bout it, all corsas heat up quick when stationary, temp should come down when the fan cuts in....
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Keithie
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fry some eggs on it 
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sunnyb
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na its stays around the 100 mark even when fan cuts in when i start driving over 30 it startrs going down! could it be rad?
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Ditch
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No, dont worry about it....
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sunnyb
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ok its a bit worrying tho know what i mean just incase i overhaet!
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Corsakid84
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that happened to mine in my old corsa and i took it to vauxhall and they said it could be a symtom of my gasket packin in
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Siberia
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vauxhall would say white was black if they thought they were gonna make money out of you.
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sunnyb
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ha but sounds likely cos i know loads of corsas that their gaskets have gone!
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Kris TD
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my bros does this, i suspect its a dodgy water pump or the radiator is blocked, run some flushing stuff through the coolent and see if it helps.
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-Aliba-
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Possiby head gasket about to go kapoot. That was the symptoms of mines at least i'm afraid. 
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Kris TD
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is it presurising?
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sunnyb
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what do u mean? if u mean is it hard to open the rad top up yellow topped screw thing then yeah its hard to undo
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Kris TD
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no i meen when you open the header tank does it release a lot of pressure?
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Siberia
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does it hissssssssssss I.E like a bottle of coke
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Fad
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check if the header tank is pressurinsing as kris said.
Do u find your car missfires when starting in the morning? If so get a compression test done or a sniffer test prolly would be cheaper.
Also check if u got an air lock take the header tank cap off and let the engine run and wait for bubles of air to escape from the system.
Also tell tale sings of head gasket is if u can water raunning behind the dash. And also white smoke from the exhaust keep a close eye on that too.
Another problem could be a stuck thermostat. check that water is flowing through the large coolant pipe. u can tell this if it gets hot or not.
The needle should never stay in the red shud go to about 95-98 then fan cut in then cool down back to 90-95ish. The reason it cools down when you are doin around 30mph is the air running into the engine bay is cooling the engine down. So when stationary it will get hot but shud cool down once the fan kicks in.
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thane
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my temp needle never goes above 90.
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Kris TD
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if it gives the signs of gasket goen, check the head, my dad took the one of this omega he got and it was cracked. now if its cracked between the valve seats then its ok, but this had a cracked casing. he had to get a new head, was 200 quid.
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sunnyb
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fcuk 200 quid job car only cost me 800! cheers guys cheers fad nice one !
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Mistamist
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Try fluushing the coolant system and renewing the antifreeze/coolant, basically this should give the water a slightly higher boiling point so you wont get air bubbles forming and creating air locks. i did this yesterday and now i have heat back in the cabin.
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sunnyb
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should i drain the current cooling system if so how do i do that?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by sunnyb
fcuk 200 quid job car only cost me 800! cheers guys cheers fad nice one !
I have the same problems ive spent nearly 400 on it now and it only cost 9
although im changeing alot of stuff working my way up to an engine change
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sunnyb
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yeah but ive had a crash in ma old car ins is defo gonna fly up cant put new engine in it may just sell it get another corsa maybe 1.4/1.6 dunno and just take on another job to pay for ins!
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