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• Toyota MR2 (1990 to 2000) - 91 2.0 Engine temperature in cold weather 23 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  My suspicion, based on absolutely nothing, is that the sensor is reflecting the outside temperature more than engine and when I slow down and there's less/no rushing air, it goes to normal. Is my car about to blow up? Any ideas? It seems to be running fine... oil topped up, coolant at normal levels... etc. etc. Confused.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 96 1.3 Endura Engine, Petrol - Oil leaking into co 24 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  It goes through oil like nobody's business. No noticeable leaks under car either. I have now started to notice oil in my coolant system. Having looked into this on other forums, it was suggested that i may have a breach in the head gasket. This as since been changed but the problem remains, and although the gasket was very old, there was no obvious breach.
• Toyota Aygo (2005 - ) - Also applies to C1 & 107 - water pump failure 27 May 2009 (Forum)
  Check the header tank level - ours was just above minimum and check around the pulley areas. You are looking for bright pink staining on all pulleys from the coolant. Toyota have been excellent with us and provided a long term hire car - a Nissan Micra which is IMHO better than the Yaris I drove last week, it's just a pity it's so ugly on the outside!
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.3 Replacing thermostat again 7 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Going to try and replace the stat and housing without bleeding the whole system as have only recently bled and replaced the coolant. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 94 1.8 wont start, yet spark getting to plugs? 27 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  or is there another underlying issue here thats maybe causing the plugs to short? someone has suggested it needs new TDC sensor or maybe coolant sensor, but im not convinced? any help would be appreciated?
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 971.4 Overheating problem after cambelt change 2 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Upon initial start up, I noticed a whirring noise which I suspect is the cambelt, possibly overtightened. I removed the top cambelt cover and stopped the engine after bleeding the air bubbles from coolant system. I noticed that the cambelt sprocket was extremely hot and the cambelt was also quite hot possibly through heat transfer from the sprocket. The rockercover was also very hot. I let everything cool down and removed the rocker cover.
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - 1999 1.4 - jolting in higher gears 30 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all I hope someone can help. I recently had the radiator changed as I had noticed the coolant levels were reducing very quicky and I wad advised there was a leak in the radiator. Since then i have noticed that the car seems to be "coughing" when I am driving esp in higher gears. It feels like it is sort of jumping and it feels resisitant when I accelerate.
• Volkswagen Golf II (1983 - 1992) - 91 1.3 Power loss, fluid leak near no1 cyl. 14 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  hi all, just wandering if anyone's come across my problem, i drove it last night and its was fine until suddenly the car starter jolting and when i accelerated it lacked power, but this morning it was barely ticking over, I had a look at her after work, the fuel filter was bone dry, and there was some fluid on the manifold well on the side of the one going into No1 cylinder, it doesn't seem to be petrol, could the manifold be cracked in side?, leaking coolant? the fuel pump seems to be fine i'l try fitting a one way valve to see if it helps, coluld the intake manifold be causing the poor fuel flow?and the fluid on the outside of the manifold? Any help most welcomed, thanks Kevz
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 99 1.4 - 'STOP' warning light has appeared 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The thermometer shows nothing out of the ordinary - 90 degrees or so - but I've topped up the oil and the coolant (ie water). It seemed to help for a while but then the same thing started happening again, but intermittently. Turning on the ventilators seems to help (bizarrely) and I wonder if it's a short circuit somewhere in the engine management system?
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2004 TDCi 130 - Vapour/Haze 12 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  It is "venting" a white haze or vapour through the front grille. It does not appear to be losing coolant, cooling system pressure tested OK and Ford could not find the source of the vapour query "header tank fault" after changing the header tank cap which appeaerd to improve system pressure. There is a leak on the oil pressure switch (needs changing at next service).
• Ford Mondeo 1 (1993 - 1996) - 2.0 Zetec Auto - running cold! 29 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  2) Is there anything obvious that would cause this? I'm thinking maybe the thermostat is stuck open? Coolant isn't getting a chance to warm to full temperature as it is going through the rad constantly? Would the system really be able to supercool in this way, even on a motorway run or in traffic? Thanks in advance for your help!!
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 2.0 8V XSi - Stalling whilst cold 25 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Once the engine is at normal operating temperature it doesn't stall. I have replaced the stepper motor and engine coolant temperature sensor with new replacements. The engine fault light does come on now and again in no set pattern I have been informed it might be the MAP sensor or the oxygen sensor or even the ECU.
• Ford Dealer in USA 27 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Loose suspension ball joint $362 That would also need wheel alignment $125 Pollen filter $49 Dirty coolant $118 Brakes very low $230 so far I am thinking hmm... maybe that does need doing (except the pollen filter - for $49 I don't mind ingesting a bit of pollen!) Then "wipers are squeaky - $29". That kind of made me wonder about the other items!
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - TD '99 problems with water/steam 25 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  My first thought was head gasket but the car starts fine and there is absolutely no loss in performance whatsoever - drives perfectly only prob is coolant constantly needs top up and just chucks it out the back in steam. there seems to be fuel/water mix somewhere as well. fuel in water??? Iv heard things about fuel filter problems... any ideas???
• Alfa Romeo 166 (1999 - 2005) - aircon & any other problems 14 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Doesn't blow icy cold when a/c set to low, Is it likely there is another fault I need to get fixed or would a lack of coolant gas cause the fault display? Any other recommendations for this model. Cam belt and tensioners fitted 6K ago. It does seem to have a slight low speed judder when pulling away/accelerating upto about 2.5K revs, but is smooth on the motorway or above 3K revs...any suggestions (clutch/flywheel/something else).
• VW Golf mk2 1.3 6 May 2007 (Forum)
  i'm having trouble with leaks comming from the cylinder head, the coolant and the oil have mixed a little bit has gone to the bore's and i was only getting 1bar compression, i thaught this could be the head gasket, so i changed it and just incase i checked the cylinder head with a piece of metal and a feeler blade to chek for any signs of warping but the wasn't, so back on goes everything with a new head gasket, took her for a drive before the m.o.t, she drove like new!
• Golf mkiv temperature guage sender 6 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Basically the temperature needle in the dash stays at o ie it dosent rise until you wiggle the temperature sender ( THE BODY OF THE SENDER NOT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ) which is located in the coolant hose. After that is done the temperature guage rises to normal and continues to work normally. I dont think the problem is electrical since I am not moving the electrical plug, and after this is done the temperature sender is working normally.
• Fixed temp guage -overheating? MK3Fiesta 17 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  There are no signs of any leaks and the hoses are fine but I guess there may be an air lock. Also the anti freeze seems to bubbling a little bit in the expansion tank, but I have lost no coolant at all in the past 50 miles and the steam I was getting was just condensation so there is no sign of any head gasket failure at all.
• Citroen Berlingo Service Indicator 12 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Any ideas? Also, what should it's service intervals be? I normally change oil every 5000 miles anyway, coolant every couple of years and everything else perishable as per a factory service schedule.
• peugeot 306 1.4L cooling trouble 2 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Checked the waterpump and its roating smothley and all in one peice. Ive put water in through both the thermostat housing hole on the head and through the coolant hose on the inlet manifold and it comes out of the radiator bottom hose fine. The only thing i cant get it to do is come out of the engine drain plug. Anyone got any ideas. Thanks in advance for any help