Soldato
Hi there,
My girlfriend has a T reg, 1.4 206, with 150k on the clock. It had a front end crash before she got it for £300. Bargain (maybe), however i noted one cold night in Feb, that the temp gauge never went above 70 on the move. But seemed to move up to 90c (after a while) when stationary without the heater blower on. This i believe is just down to a bad thermostat allowing coolant to constantly pass through radiator?
Second issue is that Radiator. The car is suffering from a leak from somewhere, either burning it (no smoke) or leaking, and i believe the radiator maybe the problem so i need to get one from the scrap yard.
One thing Ive noticed when putting cheap coolant into the car (since it lasts about a month) is that the return fed to the header tank never passes fluid into the header tank, maybe because the rad isn't full of fluid, or maybe because the thermostat is stuck open? On all cars Ive owned if you rev it extra fluid is forced up this tube.
Basically I'm wondering what to do, and if my diagnostics is right?
ta
My girlfriend has a T reg, 1.4 206, with 150k on the clock. It had a front end crash before she got it for £300. Bargain (maybe), however i noted one cold night in Feb, that the temp gauge never went above 70 on the move. But seemed to move up to 90c (after a while) when stationary without the heater blower on. This i believe is just down to a bad thermostat allowing coolant to constantly pass through radiator?
Second issue is that Radiator. The car is suffering from a leak from somewhere, either burning it (no smoke) or leaking, and i believe the radiator maybe the problem so i need to get one from the scrap yard.
One thing Ive noticed when putting cheap coolant into the car (since it lasts about a month) is that the return fed to the header tank never passes fluid into the header tank, maybe because the rad isn't full of fluid, or maybe because the thermostat is stuck open? On all cars Ive owned if you rev it extra fluid is forced up this tube.
Basically I'm wondering what to do, and if my diagnostics is right?
ta
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