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Hogweed
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 Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:33 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="VorTechS"]Bring it up! We can check Planet, and rule out the relays pretty quickly.[/quote]
I will mate! Just got to pin a teenage daughter down first  |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:42 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="gazza82"]Might have been a small airlock which removed itself.[/quote]
Yeah, guess that's possible. Time will tell...  |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:17 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="xrblue"]any more news?[/quote]
No! I promise to report back when there is. She drove about 150 miles, it overheated a bit, but not drastically - on the same journey back, it performed fine. ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:14 am Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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And of course… she drove about 150 miles yesterday, and the temperature went up to 100. She was able to bring it back down by putting the heater on and driving with the windows open, but looks like ... |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:58 am Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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Looking good so far... fluid loss and overheating haven't occurred for a few days  |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:00 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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Right, update – sorry, thought I’d mentioned at the start that there was no sign of mayo under the oil cap… anyway, by a stroke of luck a local garage was able to squeeze it in this afternoon ( ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:41 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="xrblue"]Would it be worth trying some Radweld for a quick fix?[/quote]
Or a raw egg  oh, I was tempted. Trouble is with all these things, I never have the time to sit and do them slo ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:07 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="VorTechS"]If it's leaking through the cap, there should be evidence of water around the engine bay, although you've said your daughter had a mishap undoing the cap... so there probably is stil ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:25 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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Just a quickie guys - I still haven't been to the car myself, but it seems to be losing about a litre of coolant a day, doing a 14-mile round trip commute. Carpets are dry.
That being the case, can ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:15 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="VorTechS"]If you'd like me to take a look some time, I have PP and also live in Gloucestershire (Berkeley). Happy to lend a hand![/quote]
Oooh, just down the road - we're in sunny Nailswor ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:57 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="VorTechS"][quote="MrBSI"]Sounds like it now has air in it. Might be worth replacing the thermostat & also the coolant. Thermostat should open at 89 deg C on the petrol 206. If you have Peugeot ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:20 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="xrblue"]What engine is it?[/quote]
Sorry, it's the XSI model, so 1.6 16V petrol. |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:44 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="cube"]I had a problem with the wife's car going through water !!
It worked out to be the thin black hose from the expansion bottle to the radiator, it had a small crack in it on the bend.
Si ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:42 pm Subject: Re: Help with overheating please |
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[quote="cainw1"]Hi there, when you said it was overheating again, did it have low water again?[/quote]
Trouble is, I’m relying on 2nd-hand accounts by a teenage girl… what happened, apparently, ... |
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Topic: Help with overheating please |
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Hogweed
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:12 am Subject: Help with overheating please |
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Read through a few threads on this, but can’t find anything which is exactly the same as my daughter’s… her 206 said it was overheating a couple of years ago, got a new sensor fitted, all fine s ... |
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