Rob Spec C
Octane Boostaholics
No surprises for people here I imagine..
Punto started acting up recently, the heating stopped working when the car is warm and then began overheating occasionally... So I thought it might be air locked so tried bleeding it, got plenty of air bubbles out but the problem still persists... It can be totally random... The temp needle can go from normal to highest possible temp in half a second or it can rise slowly or can go go up and fall back to normal very fast... Its completely random as far as i can tell, it can read a high temp while the car is moving but then suddenly go back to normal again...
The fan's are working, top and bottom rad hoses are hot... Coolant level is fine... hose from engine to heater matrix is hot but hose from matrix back to engine is only luke warm at best... No mayonaisse to tell if the headgasket is on the way either...
Anyone have any ideas? Heater matrix blocked? Head gasket on its way but hasn't gone yet completely? Its wreckin the head on the cold mornings now
Punto started acting up recently, the heating stopped working when the car is warm and then began overheating occasionally... So I thought it might be air locked so tried bleeding it, got plenty of air bubbles out but the problem still persists... It can be totally random... The temp needle can go from normal to highest possible temp in half a second or it can rise slowly or can go go up and fall back to normal very fast... Its completely random as far as i can tell, it can read a high temp while the car is moving but then suddenly go back to normal again...
The fan's are working, top and bottom rad hoses are hot... Coolant level is fine... hose from engine to heater matrix is hot but hose from matrix back to engine is only luke warm at best... No mayonaisse to tell if the headgasket is on the way either...
Anyone have any ideas? Heater matrix blocked? Head gasket on its way but hasn't gone yet completely? Its wreckin the head on the cold mornings now