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Hi
I wonder if any of you technical bods could advise.
I have posted several questions on here and the advice has been excellent.
Yesterday I drove 180 miles to Suffolk from my midlands home, had no issues at all and my Punto engine just purs as it always has done.
But after 4 hours of inactivity, I got back in the car to drive home, but after just one mile noticed the temperature gauge was on the highest level and the red light was on, I had also put heater and radio on when it started. So I pulled over and turned off the engine, as well as the radio and heater.
I restarted and the temperature gauge just went to normal (mid-point) and I drove home all the way with no further issues though I didn't put the heater on nor the radio (not sure if that would have made any difference though). Ironically, and thankfully, the temperature gauge suddenly went from mid-point up to maximum over about 30 seconds when I was just half a mile from home. So I carried on home. When I turned the ignition off it sounded like something was still turning for about 30 seconds until that wound down to a stop.
Checked car this morning, oil level is fine according to dip stick. Temperature gauge seems ok though I didn't drive anywhere just sat in it for 3-4 minutes.
Is this likely to be a genuine overheating issue or a temperature gauge fault?
Secondly, totally unrelated, I noted that when I was sat in car this morning (stationary) just revving the engine to heat it up, that when I took my foot of accelerator, and the engine spooled down from around 60 revs, it always self-flicked itself up a bit at about 15 revs, back up to 20 revs before spooling down, even though my foot was off the accelerator. Anyone know why this is happening?
Many thanks in anticipation of any help. Non-technical bod here
I wonder if any of you technical bods could advise.
I have posted several questions on here and the advice has been excellent.
Yesterday I drove 180 miles to Suffolk from my midlands home, had no issues at all and my Punto engine just purs as it always has done.
But after 4 hours of inactivity, I got back in the car to drive home, but after just one mile noticed the temperature gauge was on the highest level and the red light was on, I had also put heater and radio on when it started. So I pulled over and turned off the engine, as well as the radio and heater.
I restarted and the temperature gauge just went to normal (mid-point) and I drove home all the way with no further issues though I didn't put the heater on nor the radio (not sure if that would have made any difference though). Ironically, and thankfully, the temperature gauge suddenly went from mid-point up to maximum over about 30 seconds when I was just half a mile from home. So I carried on home. When I turned the ignition off it sounded like something was still turning for about 30 seconds until that wound down to a stop.
Checked car this morning, oil level is fine according to dip stick. Temperature gauge seems ok though I didn't drive anywhere just sat in it for 3-4 minutes.
Is this likely to be a genuine overheating issue or a temperature gauge fault?
Secondly, totally unrelated, I noted that when I was sat in car this morning (stationary) just revving the engine to heat it up, that when I took my foot of accelerator, and the engine spooled down from around 60 revs, it always self-flicked itself up a bit at about 15 revs, back up to 20 revs before spooling down, even though my foot was off the accelerator. Anyone know why this is happening?
Many thanks in anticipation of any help. Non-technical bod here