All,
Picked up a new car at weekend an fd it does appera to be overheating, say appear because the stock water temp gauge is pretty much useless, but everytime i go for a drive get up to normal operating temp and stuff and then switch it off you hear a load of bubbling where the system is pressurising and the expansion tank by drivers side wheel arch dump coolant. I though at first as it had recently had replacemnt engine that it was overfilled, but the coolant buzzer comes on when I start it from cold because it has lost enough coolant, so it can\'t be that. I have notice the ast cap feels quite a loose fit it\'s some aftermarket jobby 1.1 bar cap, is it possibly the crap cap? water seals? or unbled system?
Advise welcome
rgds
Brian
Not an expert but I think it\'s the cap does it have a springy thing attached to it and it should be 0.9 bar thats probably why it boiling because it got to get to a higher pressure?
Quote from: brundish24;767484Not an expert but I think it\'s the cap does it have a springy thing attached to it and it should be 0.9 bar thats probably why it boiling because it got to get to a higher pressure?
Thanks mate will try and get replacement cap tomorrow. Is the cap a universal job that I can get from say halfords?
rgds
Brian
Nope someone on here might tho, can try rotaryart they prob get one for you
Speedline had one for sale the other day. It was FEED one though, don\'t know if your after a (possibly cheaper?) standard replacement job or not?
Hope this helps.