tom130691
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just been to a mate whos punto over heated,
he said he heard a bang,
coolant was low so topped it up, went for a drive gauge sat at half way, untillsat still
got back and it seems to be leaking when its warmed up,
- pipe to rad realy hot
- rad cold
- fan on
- leaking from hot side but not where the pipe is
- squeezing hot pipe doesnt displace water out of the filler cap where as cold pipe does
my theory is the rad was blocked and blew a hole lower down, hence him hearing a bang?
[Edited on 11-02-2011 by saxo_tom]
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joeseth17
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thermostat jammed maybe mate
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tom130691
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is the thermo inthe rad?
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joeseth17
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no mate, i think on a punto its just under the distributers , right hand side rad pipe will go to it.
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tom130691
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thought so 
might do that first just as its cheep
easy job ? seem to know al little about them
heaters in car were warm iirc
[Edited on 11-02-2011 by saxo_tom]
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chrisritch
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karma for not having insurance
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joeseth17
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yeah only 3 bolts i think, nd yeah cheap enuff to replace, just do general hg checks bt shouldnt be that
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tom130691
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ye i checked oil at cap and dipstick both clear of mayo/coolant
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