I really need some help, please guys, before I douse the inside with a gallon of petrol and throw a match in!! I am sick of staring into the engine bay and trying to work this one out.
My problem is over heating and venting coolant at the expansion bottle. I have replaced the water pump, the expansion tank cap and today the thermostat housing,and STILL she is blowing off coolant and over heating, we limped back from town today with the heating on max and the blowers on full wack!
I keep finding after these episodes that the rad is very hot at the top and cold at the bottom, I would expect that a car that is overheating would have a red hot rad?? The heater matrix hoses are equally hot, the top of the thermostat housing very hot but the bottom of it cold!
The wife and I filled the rad with hot water tonight and it took about 3 litres to fill and it appears to be flowing ok.
Have I picked up a faulty stat?
Dose anybody know the coolent flow direction? I assume its in via the bottom and out through the top?
I would be really gratful for any input on this before I do something reckless like buying a Ford Galaxy or something equally sensible!!!
Regards
Mark
My problem is over heating and venting coolant at the expansion bottle. I have replaced the water pump, the expansion tank cap and today the thermostat housing,and STILL she is blowing off coolant and over heating, we limped back from town today with the heating on max and the blowers on full wack!
I keep finding after these episodes that the rad is very hot at the top and cold at the bottom, I would expect that a car that is overheating would have a red hot rad?? The heater matrix hoses are equally hot, the top of the thermostat housing very hot but the bottom of it cold!
The wife and I filled the rad with hot water tonight and it took about 3 litres to fill and it appears to be flowing ok.
Have I picked up a faulty stat?
Dose anybody know the coolent flow direction? I assume its in via the bottom and out through the top?
I would be really gratful for any input on this before I do something reckless like buying a Ford Galaxy or something equally sensible!!!
Regards
Mark