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tom130691
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11th Feb 11 at 22:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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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11th Feb 11 at 23:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thermostat jammed maybe mate
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11th Feb 11 at 23:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

is the thermo inthe rad?
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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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11th Feb 11 at 23:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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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karma for not having insurance
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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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11th Feb 11 at 23:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ye i checked oil at cap and dipstick both clear of mayo/coolant

 
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