Help! flashing water light and erratic temp gauge...
Posted: 25 Jan 2006, 20:00
Hello,
Last night when I stopped the van I heard gurgling from the rad. so I thought top up the coolant and bleed, which I did, It took about 1litre (into the sealed system).
then this morning on the way to work the red light started flashing and the temp gauge showed zero for most of the journey, I stupidly imagined I must have disturbed the wiring so didn't stop. then towards the end of the journey the temp gauge shot up to off the scale then dropped to normal then off the scale again, then down to nothing repeatedly but fairly randomly. when I stopped the van the water was still full but the engine is making a bit of a "rattle" towards the left hand side looking forwards. water pump? or more serious? and how do I find out?
What the blazes is going on?
ta
Last night when I stopped the van I heard gurgling from the rad. so I thought top up the coolant and bleed, which I did, It took about 1litre (into the sealed system).
then this morning on the way to work the red light started flashing and the temp gauge showed zero for most of the journey, I stupidly imagined I must have disturbed the wiring so didn't stop. then towards the end of the journey the temp gauge shot up to off the scale then dropped to normal then off the scale again, then down to nothing repeatedly but fairly randomly. when I stopped the van the water was still full but the engine is making a bit of a "rattle" towards the left hand side looking forwards. water pump? or more serious? and how do I find out?
What the blazes is going on?
ta