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was out for a nice drive in the van today when me light of doom come on, pulled over strait away,(lots of honks,, hehe.) but me water didnt seem that hot (id only done around 3 miles) anyways i fort the hell with it, n sat on the side of the road and had a ciggie whilst lettin it cool a bit, after 20-25 mins and about 4 cigs, i started her up again n it started goin after about a mile, there's no water in me expansion tank but my header is up to the brim, any ideas as i dont wana be ignorin it n blowin me engine!!!


also i noticed me air filter pipe (carb end) has oil in it ??? (im lost) its also smelling a bit rich,, can i have some pointers or shall i just go garage?


cheers in advance

dan

when you say expansion tank do you mean the overflow tank the expansion tank and header tank are the same thing, the overflow tank should have coolant in otherwise it will be sucking air in when the water cools, mine occasionaly does the same and has been for 3 years now (only 3-5K ayear though.) keep an eye on it,

there are several other threads regarding the oil in the intake, it is quite norma commonl as long as it has not started causes running problems eg spluttering for the first 10 miles like mine does.

no it does'nt splutter at all, just been out for a bit of a run & the temp is still going up, i'v got my rad fan on a switch that is constantly on when the engine is running, my rad is not that hot at all ??? i'v got plenty of heat coming out of my blower, any help would be cool, cheers dan

Dan,
Try a bleed, like this in the wiki (top of page).

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A faulty thermostat can also prevent the coolant circulating via the radiator, but bleed first.

Mike

you said in your first post that the light came on, that is nothing to do with the temperature that is the water level in the expansion/header tank, try shorting the cable in the sensor to see if the light goes off.
I think my thermostat is broken and stuck mostly shut as the temp rises up the heat comes out the blower and the rad feels cold.

clartsonly wrote:you said in your first post that the light came on, that is nothing to do with the temperature that is the water level in the expansion/header tank, try shorting the cable in the sensor to see if the light goes off.
I think my thermostat is broken and stuck mostly shut as the temp rises up the heat comes out the blower and the rad feels cold.

If working correctly the LED will flash if the coolant temperature is high, (also if the temperature is normal but coolant level is low).

Mike

its no good, iv'e bled the system 6 times n it was looking good till i had done around 12miles, then the temp went up n light came on. me thinks im goin to kombiklassics