General marea 1.9 TD Overheating

[COLIN200174]

Hi
Wondering if anybody can help me
My 97 Marea is overheating This first happened 4 weeks ago all i doid to the car was let it cool down top up the water/antifreze and ran it with the cap off for a few days all ok
yesterday the fault returned no hot air coming from the vents temp guage showing 3/4 water inexpansion tank hot and pressurised
Any ideas would be appreciated

 

[bandido41]

When it first ran out of water and you topped it up did you bleed the system at all?

 

[COLIN200174]

yes i fully bled the system or tried to anyway

 

[bandido41]

How many screws did you bleed it on and how did you bleed it?

 

[COLIN200174]

only the one screw are there more?!

 

[bandido41]

Yes there are 2 screws there is one on the top left of the rad and one onthe heater pipe if you follow the heater pipe from the thermostat housing to where it enters the heater on the firewall, you will see a black plastic thumb screw where you will need to bleed as well. i will try get a picfor you but im not promising i will find one.

I managed to find a picture, on this picture it is a bolt (has been replaced the factory ones are plastic with a slit in them so you can use a flat head screwdriver) but the picture is just to give you an idead of where the bleed screw is (the screw in the red box)

 

[COLIN200174]

thanks for your help will try it tommorow and let u know

 

[COLIN200174]

tried bleeding the system to no avail took it to a local garage who told me its a head gasket cost of £450 before i took the car in there was no sign of water in the oil any ideas