Hiya peeps,
My Humber Sceptre had a long and hard drive yesterday with a mixture of both motorway and town traffic and comfortably managed a 100mile round trip. The temperature guage never got past 3/4 despite just coming off the motorway (Where I drove flat out) to sitting at roadworks for 10minutes. As soon as we got on the move again, the temperature guage returned to it's normal operating temperature 1/2 way.
When I pulled up outside the house, I could hear a noise from under the bonnet and she smelt a bit hot (Although that could be manifold paint burning off haha). I opened this to take a look and could hear my Radiator Cap hissing. Not a huge amount, but noticeable. It's been a long time since I've had a car without the usual expansion system etc. so I cannot remember if this is normal?
When she cooled, I had to top up the radiator slightly (1/2 pint) but cannot remember the last time I did this so cannot say whether I lost some or not? Could pressure in the water system be bad or am I just being paranoid by the usual heating and cooling of the water?
My Humber Sceptre had a long and hard drive yesterday with a mixture of both motorway and town traffic and comfortably managed a 100mile round trip. The temperature guage never got past 3/4 despite just coming off the motorway (Where I drove flat out) to sitting at roadworks for 10minutes. As soon as we got on the move again, the temperature guage returned to it's normal operating temperature 1/2 way.
When I pulled up outside the house, I could hear a noise from under the bonnet and she smelt a bit hot (Although that could be manifold paint burning off haha). I opened this to take a look and could hear my Radiator Cap hissing. Not a huge amount, but noticeable. It's been a long time since I've had a car without the usual expansion system etc. so I cannot remember if this is normal?
When she cooled, I had to top up the radiator slightly (1/2 pint) but cannot remember the last time I did this so cannot say whether I lost some or not? Could pressure in the water system be bad or am I just being paranoid by the usual heating and cooling of the water?