carefreeant
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‘Wheezing’ noise coming from under bonnet.
Hi – I am hoping that somebody will be able to give me some advice about a noise under the bonnet. I have read a few comments on various forums, but everybody seems to have a different idea about what the problem could be, so I am hoping that somebody on here may have had the same issue so can give me an accurate (ish!) idea of what it may be.
2 weeks or so ago, my car started drinking engine coolant, so I took it to the garage who replaced the whole radiator, and – obviously – replaced the coolant. Since then, however, my car sporadically makes this ‘wheezing’ noise (I can’t really think of a better way to describe it). It always happens towards the end of a journey, and when I stop and turn the car off, the noise carries on for a few minutes or so. During the journey itself, it will happen every now and again for various lengths of time, and the temperature gauge will gradually rise up to about ¾ before the noise stops and it returns to ½ again. (It never reaches the ‘red’ area unlike before the radiator change, however it still goes as far as ¾).
Has anybody else on here had the same problem before – and if so – what was the diagnosis?
Thanks
P.S if it helps, the car is a 2002 reg punto, the 1.2 ‘sporting’ 8v version
Hi – I am hoping that somebody will be able to give me some advice about a noise under the bonnet. I have read a few comments on various forums, but everybody seems to have a different idea about what the problem could be, so I am hoping that somebody on here may have had the same issue so can give me an accurate (ish!) idea of what it may be.
2 weeks or so ago, my car started drinking engine coolant, so I took it to the garage who replaced the whole radiator, and – obviously – replaced the coolant. Since then, however, my car sporadically makes this ‘wheezing’ noise (I can’t really think of a better way to describe it). It always happens towards the end of a journey, and when I stop and turn the car off, the noise carries on for a few minutes or so. During the journey itself, it will happen every now and again for various lengths of time, and the temperature gauge will gradually rise up to about ¾ before the noise stops and it returns to ½ again. (It never reaches the ‘red’ area unlike before the radiator change, however it still goes as far as ¾).
Has anybody else on here had the same problem before – and if so – what was the diagnosis?
Thanks
P.S if it helps, the car is a 2002 reg punto, the 1.2 ‘sporting’ 8v version