upset with fd

[Hound Dog]

picked it up on thursday thought wow what a car driving it last night buzzer sounded looked down temp high add coolent light stopped car steam coming out tried puttting water in but running straight out bottom of car had to get recovered and only put 100 on it its back at garge now should feel angry but just so disapointed

[Glenn Butcher]

Tell us more Hound Dog - did you just purchase?  where from?  did you get it checked out first? etc.?

[clive]

Real Sad for you.

As Glenn says tell us more so we can possibly help if we can.

If it\'s a hose split etc chances are the previous owner wouldn\'t have know but however if you have an internal water engine seal gone these tend not to just happen, they tend to develop slowly and then turn into what you have witnessed.

[J4P RX]

re the coolant, it sounds like you filled it up from the overflow bottle which would just pour it straight onto the floor.  Dont worry we all started doing it that way

You need to fill it from the metle cap further back, and though it says dont remove it might help to open the AST and topping it up there too.

Sorry to hear about the rest though, it does sound like you have  cooling problem for it to overheat.

Lee

[Hound Dog]

well like i said i took it back to the garage it has 6 months warrenty so not over worried will find out tomorrow what is wrong the recovery bloke said it sounds like the water pump as he heard a squeeking noise when running engine still runs was quick to turn it off but the damn turbp timer kept it running for 10s hope it nothing to bad as want to get back to driving the car, will put a post as soon as i know something

[grinder]

Originally posted by J4P RX
re the coolant, it sounds like you filled it up from the overflow bottle which would just pour it straight onto the floor.  Dont worry we all started doing it that way

errr yeah - i did the same !

so makes sure you are putting the water ( and antifreeze ) in the correct place , and make sure all your caps are tight ( on the 2nd gens - my mate had a problem with a bad pressure cap - he changed that and all was well )

[Hound Dog]

when this happened there was a hose that came of belive it to be a breather hose was on the cap that says donot remove and there was fluid all over the right hand side as you look at the engine face on , the garage are going to sort it no probs spoke to them today , think they spoke to someone for advice think they said something about sequancing and that pressure can build up and blow the two hoses but i may have heard wrong . any thoughts ?

[maximtaylor]

The hose you mention runs from your AST (air separator tank) to your expansion tank under your headlight.

On occasion, this can blow off if the hose becomes blocked.

Take the end of tube off the AST end (by the battery) and blow real hard through it. You should hear the expansion tank bubbling. If not, tube is blocked.

If tube is not blocked then this is a symptom of bigger problems

Regards

Max

[Hound Dog]

it turns out i have a water pump faulty guess this will take a few days as they have to order 1 i still hope to make hatfield on suday if no i will have to come in the company zafira diesil turbo woohoo