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 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:23 pm |
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Location: fife
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hi all first post my pug 206 1.4 petrol 2003 lost all water and started to over heat got to a garage and filled the water back up and temp went back to normal then after driving about 5 mins the car started cutting out when i slowed down for about 10 miles and temp gauge was going up and down then everything was ok next day car started ok and had been driving for about 15mins when car just started losing power and stalled it started straight away then it started cutting out every time i slowed down for about 5 miles then it ran fine after that and temps were fine when i got to work i checked my water again and again no water have looked at oil cap and no fluffy white stuff so not sure if head gasket away or not also when i take cap off water you here the pressure noise has any one got an idea what might be wrong cheers
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:31 pm |
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It could be going through your exhaust,is it steaming.
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:50 pm |
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no there's no steaming
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:37 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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Location: Palestine
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change your expans. bottle cap.
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:42 pm |
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also check your stat is working
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:03 pm |
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what do mean by stat dbspider
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:06 pm |
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Thermostat
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:08 pm |
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thanks lee
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:21 pm |
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Location: London
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Fill up the expansion tank to below maximum line, start up your car and check for any leakage on the radiator, water pump and rubber hose.
Thermostat is a good first choice to check, since it cost less than a tenner u might just change it saving all the trouble doing the work twice.
Asn an emergency procedure just in case u need to drive your car and u can turn your heater on full blast to bring down the temperature. However if water level went below, your heater won't work cause no fluid to transfer over the heat.
After u change the thermostat, make sure there's no air trap inthe system. Good luck!
One more thing, u do need to have a few bottles of water in your car just in case.
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:47 pm |
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So did you fixed this problem or not yet?
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:41 pm |
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Location: fife
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no not yet car is not even starting now have changed coil pack and new spark plugs and it will still not start pulling my hair out now
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:14 am |
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Perhaps the engine cutting out was the car getting hot enough to seize or the head gasket has suffered complete and major failure.
I would get a compression test done. Look for 170psi minimum and all cylinders within 10% of each other.
Also I have seen head gaskets fail badly enough that when turning the engine over the exhaust pipe is almost like a water hose. Have a look and see if there is any water coming out of the exhaust.
NOTE: a failed head gasket doesn't always allow water to mix with the oil and cause mayonnaise on the oil filler; it can go straight out of the exhaust pipe.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:56 am |
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Location: fife
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there is no water coming out exhust and the car did not start cutting out till i had but water back in the temp only went up to over the 90 and i stopped and put water back in and i think i have found a small leak at the thermostat pipe
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:20 pm |
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Do a compression test.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:48 am |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2012
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Location: fife
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have now got the car going it was a broken wire from fuse box under bonnet to ecu thats why the car was cutting out then not starting at all 
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