chazvr 1 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi guys, My car has suddenly started overheating really quick..after 10/15 mins of use from cold. If i let the temperature guage get to about 3 quarters up the car starts spewing coolant onto the road. Don't want to drive it now until i can figure out the fault. The fans kick in but this doesn't help. Im really worried now. Any help would be greatthanks,steve Link to post Share on other sites
djmorgz 0 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 headgasket maybe. when i had a head gasket go the same used to happen within ten mins it go up in a cloud of steam lol Link to post Share on other sites
chazvr 1 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 headgasket maybe. when i had a head gasket go the same used to happen within ten mins it go up in a cloud of steam lol Was it leaking aswell as steaming? as this is what mine is doing. Didnt cause any damage to the engine did it? Link to post Share on other sites
djmorgz 0 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 where is the leak from m8. mine went up in steam an was chucking water an steam out of the resivour ..it didnt damage the engine but endded up putting a seconhand engine in due to the cost in fixing ....got quoted nearly £900 as its a big job and the chains and guides needed replacing ...im sure some others who know more might have some other ideas as im only going off what happened to me dj Link to post Share on other sites
chazvr 1 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 where is the leak from m8. mine went up in steam an was chucking water an steam out of the resivour ..it didnt damage the engine but endded up putting a seconhand engine in due to the cost in fixing ....got quoted nearly £900 as its a big job and the chains and guides needed replacing ...im sure some others who know more might have some other ideas as im only going off what happened to me djIt is coming out of just the resovoir...but i think it might be leeking out somewhere else aswell, but i guess until its on a ramp its hard to tell for sure Ive only had it less than a month but new chains, guides and clutch have been done in the last three months totalling a bill of 850. Fingers crossed the head isn't warped from the overheating and theres no internal damage i don't mind footing the bill for a headgasket but anything more and i think i could be looking at a new engine to btw were you getting water in the oil? I think there might be but not 100% Do you know the best way to tell?..theres definately no oil in the leeking coolant and im not getting mayo round the oil cap. Link to post Share on other sites
chazvr 1 Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Took it to a garage today. They seem to reckon its not showing any tell tail signs of head gasket failure and reckon it could just be a thermostat. I'm not fully convinced as would you usually asociate these faults ^^^^ with a thermostat? Anyone??? Link to post Share on other sites
chazvr 1 Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 had thermostat changed. Overheating stopped but was still getting a leak from the expansion tank. Replaced the cap 7 quid from vw...all sorted Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nero1701 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 glad it was a cheap fix after all of that.850 bill after just buying it!!!She looks good though!! Link to post Share on other sites
Knightrider 1 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Great fix mate, congrats. Phew! Just to add something to the happy ending. The AA came to look at a mate's classic mini that had overheated big time. Turned out it was the thermostat, like yours. We thought maybe the head gasket had been blown, easy to happen on an A Series engine. The guy had a cool little kit that he tested the rad water with and it told him whether there was a) oil or combustion gases, in the water. There wasn't so head gasket OK. I think that you can buy these in Halfords or similar. Not something you need very often but when you do...... Link to post Share on other sites
djmorgz 0 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 well thats lucky m8 wish that could of happened to me bt nooo some ppl av all the luck lol Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 The VR6 engine behaves very different to most engines.....so much easier to work on than a lot of engines really Link to post Share on other sites
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