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• Golf Mk3 - Head Gasket Problem 26 May 2004 (Forum)
  I can run the car one day, and when I remove the expansion tank cap the next there is obvious excess pressure; if I don't release the pressure gradually coolant sprays out. It gets through a bit of coolant (0.5 litres every few hundred miles), although some of this is what sprays out when I remove the cap. Also the level in the tank is obviously depressed after a day or two of running, but rises when I release the pressure.
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  Rav4 water pump - when should I replace it? 27 Aug 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I've had my Toyota RAV4 diesel from new. It is well looked after and fully service. It has 118,000 plus miles and no obvious problems. As this is chain...
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  Faulty thermostat on Ford Focus 7 Apr 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I originally had a coolant leak, which the garage said was a faulty thermostat, which they since changed. The garage has had it in four times now and still...
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  What is causing my Ford Puma to overheat? 9 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My 11-year-old Ford Puma 1.6, 90,000 miles did run and drive like new, but now has an overheating problem that has baffled my garage. It has a new water...
• Ford Fiesta - Ford Fiesta 1999 T 1.25 zetec s heater always hot 2 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, i had an issue with my fiesta recently, it was randomly over heating, and the temperature of the heater inside the car was also whatever it decided to be at the time, i wasn't losing coolant or oil, and both were clean from one another. Some times i could do 100 miles trouble free and another i'd do 5 miles and the temp gauge would hit red and coolant would be bubbling away. I changed the thermostat £9, flushed the system, and re-filled the coolant £10 and that never fixed the problem.
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  Why is my Ford Galaxy overheating at high speed? 19 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 2005 Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDI's temperature gauge sits at 90 degrees at 60mph, and once up to 65-70mph it shoots up to 130 degrees. The dash says 'Stop -...
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Fiesta coolant problem 13 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, Can any one help?  2006  1.4 Fiesta Diesel At the end of a journey a small amount of coolant is deposited on the floor - enough to lower the level from Max to about half way towards Min.  I think it comes from the header tank vent, (if it was a leak I think the whole system would be empty before I got home).
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  Why does the coolant temperature of my Hyundai Coupe drop to nothing when the air con is turned on? 6 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  When my Hyundai Coupe 2.0 SE (1998) is running at normal operating temperature, one of the two fans cuts in and out as normal. When the air conditioning...
• Ford Puma (1997 - 2001) - 1998 1.7 zetec overheating problems 22 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  With the top hose off the radiator and the car running no coolant comes out the rad even though the rad is full of coolant and also no coolant is reaching up to the heater matrix (i've taken hoses off and they are dry). If I take the hoses off the radiator and pour water in the top it flows out the bottom, likewise on the engine- water flows through the block indicating no blockages.
• astra coolant plug 10 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Im having trouble realeasing the drain plug on my 1600 astra.The manual instructs you to undo wth your hands.The plug is orange and about the size of a...
• Citroen ds3 1.6 ehdi - Has my Head Gasket gone? 21 Jun 2022 (Forum)
    I took it out for a 15min run around the block and white smoke was pouring out the back, checked the coolant and it had gone below the Min mark after I'd filled it to just under the max also it had turned a brownish colour.   Strange thing s the coolant has also returned to the same level after leaving it to cool.
• Jazz 63 plate EX 1.4 - Honda Jazz servicing 29 Nov 2020 (Forum)
   Local Honda dealer could not be bothered to return my call, went  to book with a dealer 8 miles away in Surrey/London border that price matched at £215...shows how much profit margin is built in.  My question should we get fuel filter and coolant properly drained which are all extras.  Honda want £90 for coolant and  between £90 to £160 for fuel filter depending on external or internal.  Should I get coolant changed?
• Sidevalve Fords - Anti-freezes? 2 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  I 've read in the past, about different types of anti-freeze coolants..and how we must be careful which we use, depending on the types of metal and stuff the coolant is in contact with? I'm referring to older technology engines, rather than 'modern' one's [where the maker simply tells us what to use?]....
• vw golf mark 3 vr6 - Temperature gauge under reading..coolant advice pl 22 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Temp gauge reads 30 40 degrees under temp. Should i change yellow temp sensor?  Is the blue green coolant ok for this car?Thats the anti freeze it has in it. Thanks for any help given.
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 02 1.8 Coolant temp too high, while temp guage is 28 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I'm yet to go to a garage to check out the anti pollution thing, but two days ago a new issue came up: Every now and then, the car shows: coolant temperature too high, and the stop sign flashes. Meanwhile, the temperature guage still stays under 90 degrees. After few minutes of driving, it stops. This has been happening randomly over the last two days.
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 02 1.6 erratic coolant 17 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Fiesta Zetec-S and had the thermostat housing changed by a mechanic (mate of a mate) because of a coolant leak and I had no previous temperature issues. The temperature seems to be going up and down like a yo-yo. It seems to be ok for the 1st part of the journey but as soon as I get to higher speeds and then reduce the temperature rises, one way to make it go down is to accelerate in a lower gear.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 00 1.4 Engine liners disturbed... :( 8 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I've pushed them back down but am unaware of what consequences this might cause? I've seen a similair sort of thread about this, about the coolant mixing with oil, but there is no coolant in my system because it was drained prior to removing the head. So what I really want to know is have I broken some seals which means when I do refill with coolant it's goin to mix with the oil?
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 1996 1.5 TD - Coolant temperature gauge reading 18 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  The water temperature has never risen above 90oc on the guage. According to the owners manual normal operating coolant temperature should be half way on the gauge (95oc) Could this be the temperature sender, and does anyone know if they are prone to failure on these Corsa's? Or is this just another great Vauxhall flaw!
• Land Rover Range Rover P38 (1994 - 2002) - 96 4.0 litre (dualfuel) loss of coolant. 21 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  My Son bought a P reg 4.0ltr Range Rover last week, yesterday he was driving the car when it suddenly stopped, all the coolant was lost from the bottom of the radiator, on inspection the radiator had burst at the bottom seam, the car is now at a garage waiting for another radiator to arrive. My first thought was that the head gasket has blown and pressurised the system, which has caused the radiator to fail, any other thoughts?
• Citroen ZX (1992 - 1998) - (92-98) zx diesel help 19 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  i seem to be getting lots of air in the coolant system. i have bled the system as shown in the manual but still no joy. the problem started yesterday when i parked(facing downhill) coolant started spurting out of the overflow pipe, however i had pulled in a few yards up the road on a level surface no coolant had escaped during the time i had waited for a van to move from my parking space.