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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:09 pm |
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Joined: Apr 22, 2012 Posts: 8
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Location: brighton
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Hi. Im new to this site but hope some of you may be able to help.
My son bought a 206 recently but has had some problems. He had a major oil and water leak with steam coming out of the bonnet. I thought head gasket. I have changed the head gasket, cam belt, aux belt. put it all back together. When it comes up to temp it still has steam coming from rad. Its like water is boiling in the rad. I have checked thermostat, flushed and bled coolant. I have not heard the fan come on yet. Am i right to think that this will be the problem????? Any advice would be greatly recieved
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:21 pm |
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Joined: Jun 12, 2011 Posts: 457
Trade Rating: +7
Location: Hertfordshire
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Welcome what engine has the car got?
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:32 pm |
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Joined: Apr 22, 2012 Posts: 8
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Location: brighton
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Hi. Its a 1.1 206lx with power steering and air con
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:35 pm |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2012 Posts: 2277
Trade Rating: +16
Location: west midlands
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scmitt wrote: |
Hi. Im new to this site but hope some of you may be able to help.
My son bought a 206 recently but has had some problems. He had a major oil and water leak with steam coming out of the bonnet. I thought head gasket. I have changed the head gasket, cam belt, aux belt. put it all back together. When it comes up to temp it still has steam coming from rad. Its like water is boiling in the rad. I have checked thermostat, flushed and bled coolant. I have not heard the fan come on yet. Am i right to think that this will be the problem????? Any advice would be greatly recieved |
i had a problem like this, it was my rad, it had a leak from where the road works kept hitting it from underneth, the rad leaking stopped my fan working for some reason? changed my rad everthing was ok again.
mine was also a 1.1
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:47 pm |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 672
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Notts
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the resistor may have gone on his rad fan so it wont kick in at all the car will just over heat as for steam ? :/ you may have a crack / split pipe ? :/
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:48 pm |
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Joined: Apr 22, 2012 Posts: 8
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Location: brighton
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Thanks. Is the resistor easy to check/change?
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:50 pm |
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Joined: Apr 22, 2012 Posts: 8
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Location: brighton
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I think the steam was just because i was following the manual instructions regarding refilling coolant. It said just to idle until the fan came on and off twice. I was waiting a while and it didnt! So i think it was just overheating!
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:06 am |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2011 Posts: 183
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Scunthorpe
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anton1989 wrote: |
scmitt wrote: |
Hi. Im new to this site but hope some of you may be able to help.
My son bought a 206 recently but has had some problems. He had a major oil and water leak with steam coming out of the bonnet. I thought head gasket. I have changed the head gasket, cam belt, aux belt. put it all back together. When it comes up to temp it still has steam coming from rad. Its like water is boiling in the rad. I have checked thermostat, flushed and bled coolant. I have not heard the fan come on yet. Am i right to think that this will be the problem????? Any advice would be greatly recieved |
i had a problem like this, it was my rad, it had a leak from where the road works kept hitting it from underneth, the rad leaking stopped my fan working for some reason? changed my rad everthing was ok again.
mine was also a 1.1 |
I had the same problem as this, my radiator had a slight crack in it, changed the rad and it was fine
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:09 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 4455
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Essex
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Did you check the head to see if it was warped?
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:48 pm |
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Joined: Apr 22, 2012 Posts: 8
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Location: brighton
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I did the best i could. I used a steel ruler to try to see any obvious warping but it all looked pretty good
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