christramp
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Tried four times over two days to log this one - I must keep timing out for some reason.
Had no luck so far this year, I have a volvo v40 with head gasket failure sitting on the drive, my beloved renault laguna sport tourer - top spec, I managed to wrap around a tree two weeks ago. I am now driving my wifes 99 Bravo 1.2 litre 80 sx. It a great car apart for wanting to boil me water for a cup of tea all the time.
Ive got to make a 40 mile trip each way daily to hospital and the last 10 miles is murder sitting it gridlock traffic - this normally takes over an hour with four stops.
The car used to only overheat in traffic, the usual long runs and blowing air from the heater used to work ok to relieve the heat,The temp needle would shoot from 1/2 to red in one go, however things have changed.
The heater no longer blows any hot air, The car overheats on long runs when I go over 2500 rpms, the temp needle has a smooth action now, the car overheats quicker in traffic now.
So far I have flushed the systems with water and holts cleaner and replaced the temperature gauge
- Gonna save this and start a new post -
Had no luck so far this year, I have a volvo v40 with head gasket failure sitting on the drive, my beloved renault laguna sport tourer - top spec, I managed to wrap around a tree two weeks ago. I am now driving my wifes 99 Bravo 1.2 litre 80 sx. It a great car apart for wanting to boil me water for a cup of tea all the time.
Ive got to make a 40 mile trip each way daily to hospital and the last 10 miles is murder sitting it gridlock traffic - this normally takes over an hour with four stops.
The car used to only overheat in traffic, the usual long runs and blowing air from the heater used to work ok to relieve the heat,The temp needle would shoot from 1/2 to red in one go, however things have changed.
The heater no longer blows any hot air, The car overheats on long runs when I go over 2500 rpms, the temp needle has a smooth action now, the car overheats quicker in traffic now.
So far I have flushed the systems with water and holts cleaner and replaced the temperature gauge
- Gonna save this and start a new post -