@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
you know what I find amazing?
whenever I have some work done on my car - a few days later something else goes wrong!!
Remember the starting problem? Well, that's been going OK - so far.
I have had an overheating problem a couple of times. Intermittently, temp guage will go right up - and I mean RIGHT UP and just as quickly it will come down again after a minute or so. I had it in to have checked through along with the starting problem - they couldn't find anything wrong - it wouldn't overheat.
Yesterday , it happened again - luckily I was only 300 metres from mechanics. Left it there. Today they put in a new water pump - all going well - until they pressurized the system - and the tank on the radiator blew. Now can't get a new radiator until Monday.
I am not even sure WHY the radiator should have blown - it's only 18 months old? Maybe the apprentice (who they had doing the pump) put TOO MUCH pressure into the system.
I am beginning to think that they fix one problem and cause another (deliberately or accidentally) to keep themselves in work.
a unusual raise in temp and then returning to normally is most likely to be a sticking thermostat, most often occuring from a cold start.
If the water pump was faulty it would run hot all the time, ubn less it was replaced because it had signs of leaking it most likely didnt need replacing.
The header tank may have been ready to let go and a test under full preasure finished it off, just bad luck
and have seen this string of events occur a few times on cars where its one thing after the next for a while
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