Worrying occurence today on mmy rather old fiat 500 today, but in story form....
Last couple of days when starting my car ive sensed almost a trickling sound before I set off, may be unrelated to what a happened today. While crawling on the dual carriageway today out of nowhere came a beep, the engine warning light lit and the main display said something akin to 'turn off engine, heat too high'. As the traffic was at a standstill I was able to so that for a minute or so. This has never happened before. starting again the temp gauge was at exactly halfway, drove of slowly and it rose to about two thirds over the next couple of minutes but no warning to turn off. As the traffic cleared I was able to drive home at around 50 mph with the temp never going above halfway. Upon turning off the car j could hear a fan running for about 10 seconds after the key was removed. I'll admit I've yet to change my water pump even though I'm at 120 thousand miles which I know I should do. Could it be that? Or maybe just needing coolants topped up. J have a full service every year. Any advice appreciated.
Last couple of days when starting my car ive sensed almost a trickling sound before I set off, may be unrelated to what a happened today. While crawling on the dual carriageway today out of nowhere came a beep, the engine warning light lit and the main display said something akin to 'turn off engine, heat too high'. As the traffic was at a standstill I was able to so that for a minute or so. This has never happened before. starting again the temp gauge was at exactly halfway, drove of slowly and it rose to about two thirds over the next couple of minutes but no warning to turn off. As the traffic cleared I was able to drive home at around 50 mph with the temp never going above halfway. Upon turning off the car j could hear a fan running for about 10 seconds after the key was removed. I'll admit I've yet to change my water pump even though I'm at 120 thousand miles which I know I should do. Could it be that? Or maybe just needing coolants topped up. J have a full service every year. Any advice appreciated.