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My 2006 1.6 S petrol Touran keeps losing coolant. No visible signs of a leak and head gasket appears OK. When I take it back the dealer says he cannot find a leak. The car is on HP and I have only had...
While driving my temperature gauge rises to 90 degrees pretty quickly. Is this normal or is there a problem with the car?
After a journey the cooling fans on my Honda Civic stayed on for a while for first time ever. They went off after 5 mins. When I started the car today the fans came on and stayed on even though the car...
When I started my car a few days ago I noticed that the radiator fan was running, even on a frosty morning - is this correct? I now have a problem with the thermostat or cooling temp control. The temp...
I have a Peugeot 306 HDI Diesel. I changed the water pump yesterday as it was leaking water from the engine and that all seemed fine and then when the engine reached temperature water started leaking from...
which type of coolant do I require for a Sept 2009 Peugeot 207cc 1.6 VTI petrol engine?
My engine coolant light has been coming on. It does not come on every time I start my car it only does it when I use my car first thing in the morning and it goes off once I start driving. It only started...
I have a problem with my 306 1.8 litre petrol engine overheating. I replaced the water, added some coolant and checked the oil. Then it did it again and I noticed a lot of water leaking out of the coolant...
Could you please tell me why the water keeps boiling in my MGZR 160? It doesn't do this when driveing only when stationary
I'm losing water from my expansion tank at high speeds, although around town I'm losing some, but not all? There is nothing obvious - can you help?
 

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