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 Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:42 am |
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Location: kidderminster, west midlands
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My car is massively overheating. I topped up coolant level yesterday yet today The stop light was flashing my radiator top house is red hot and just wondering what it could be I had the water pump replaced just before September last year, so it shouldn't be that should it?
Any help greatly appreciated
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:44 am |
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Location: Birmingham
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Could be a blockage in the pipes so water is not circulating proppa!
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:52 am |
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Location: kidderminster, west midlands
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Well was thinking of flushing radiator would that help? Would it not be thermostat?
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:55 am |
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Well if you check the stat, then do a flush it may help. Had the same problem with the Fiesta not long ago! Turned out to be both stat and hoses :/ lol
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:03 am |
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Lol fair play jus hoping it's not head gasket
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:12 am |
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If your worried it being the head get a compression test done!
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:26 am |
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But I've got no loss of power just overheating
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:50 am |
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Location: Bordon
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Take your stat off. Boil the kettle pop the stat in some hot water and see if it opens. If not replacee.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:51 am |
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worth a flush and stat check then, if that doesnt solve, get it compression tested!
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:53 pm |
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If you are going to the trouble of taking the stat off just replace it. Keep the old one though just in case!
However, if the stat is stuck completely shut the top hose should not get hot! I guess the failure may be that it doesn't fully open but that is a relatively rare type of failure.
I am not sure if water pumps fail on these, there are plastic impellar type water pumps that fail on many other manufacturers cars but I don't know enough about these engines to know if it is common failure on these but it is another item to consider.
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