WukaChop
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Registered: 9th Apr 13
Location: Birmingham
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My poor car keeps overheating, regardless of whether I'm sitting in traffic or driving along an open road at any speed. My original idea to fix it worked in the winter, I just put the heater on and it cooled the engine down. However I can't do that forever and now it's actually warm, it's really becoming an issue, does anybody have any idea what this could be? I've shorted the fan sensor so the fan is constantly on too, and it still overheats. I'm just hoping it isn't a head gasket, although my car isn't losing any water and there's no performance loss so I don't think it is.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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that is n ot the only sign of a head gasket failure. oil in the water/coolant is another
or mayo looking deposits on the oil cap
could be a dodgy thermostat
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WukaChop
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Registered: 9th Apr 13
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I forgot to mention those, there are mayo like deposits on the oil cap, but there's no water in the oil.
And yeah, I didn't think about the thermostat, I thought about getting the radiator flushed though because the rest of my engine is covered in shit so I can't see the radiator being any different...
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WukaChop
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Registered: 9th Apr 13
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Looked at it today, no mayo deposits since I've been giving it a proper run for the first time in 3 months. (It's been stood in my car park with no insurance for a few weeks apart from a little drive every now and then) still overheats, I noticed the engine idle speed sounded a little high, just a guess though because I've got no rev counter, could well be the thermostat
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