Have gone through many posts about overheating and followed the advice given but still no joy.
The car runs for 5 - 10 minutes before the little light comes on to tell me it's overheating.
The fan didn't cut in so I replaced the cooling fan sensor which still didn't make the fan work. I bridged the fan connection with a paperclip and the fan worked perfectly and the paperclip didn't get hot. I then borrowed a multimeter from a mate to test the connections and got 12.5v from the live side and 0 from the earth. Thats about the extent of my electrical abilities
After some more research on this forum I replaced the thermostat (because the radiator wasn't getting hot). The radiator now gets very hot but the fan still doesn't kick in.
I also noticed that the pipes were soft so I soaked the header cap overnight. This seems to have worked as the pipes now get a bit harder as it heats up (but not rock hard).
I have bled the system and water trickles out of the bleed pipe. Should it be gushing out?
I don't appear to be losing any water but there is slight mayonaising in the oil filler cap.
I have run out of things to try so any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
The car runs for 5 - 10 minutes before the little light comes on to tell me it's overheating.
The fan didn't cut in so I replaced the cooling fan sensor which still didn't make the fan work. I bridged the fan connection with a paperclip and the fan worked perfectly and the paperclip didn't get hot. I then borrowed a multimeter from a mate to test the connections and got 12.5v from the live side and 0 from the earth. Thats about the extent of my electrical abilities
After some more research on this forum I replaced the thermostat (because the radiator wasn't getting hot). The radiator now gets very hot but the fan still doesn't kick in.
I also noticed that the pipes were soft so I soaked the header cap overnight. This seems to have worked as the pipes now get a bit harder as it heats up (but not rock hard).
I have bled the system and water trickles out of the bleed pipe. Should it be gushing out?
I don't appear to be losing any water but there is slight mayonaising in the oil filler cap.
I have run out of things to try so any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance.