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Head gasket?, or something else?
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Its a dirt cheap car for sale, should I walk away or take a risk?
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Could be anything. Water pump, head gasket, blockage, leak, cracked head, cracked block, air lock, what car is it?
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dungbug
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Its a dirt cheap car for sale, should I walk away or take a risk? Usually cheap for a reason  |
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Past: 13 VW Beetles from 1967 - 1974
Bay Window Campers (1973 & 1974)
Mini's (1992 Cooper lookalike & 1984 '25 Anniversary)
MK2 Polo Coupe S (1984 & 1986)
MK2 Polo Breadvan (1981 & 1984)
MK4 Escort (1989)
MK2 Granada Based Hearse (seriously)
Fiat Uno 60S (1986) Punto 60S (1998) Cinq (1997)
1998 Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat
2003 Ford KA
Current: 2004 Ford Focus (barely alive)
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Could be something simple like diff viscous fan coupling or duff electric fan sensor / broken wire! Until you examine impossible to say whether a no cost and quick fix or something serious like cracked block.
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Could be anything. Water pump, head gasket, blockage, leak, cracked head, cracked block, air lock, what car is it? Its a phase 1 Peugeot 106 |
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In that case, being French is reason enough...
*n
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Lol
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In that case, being French is reason enough... *n Can I ask whats going on in your avatar?, it looks like someones got some Tupperware cling filmed to their face? lol |
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Jun 25, 2015 10:20:13 GMT
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In that case, being French is reason enough... *n Can I ask whats going on in your avatar?, it looks like someones got some Tupperware cling filmed to their face? lol They do. *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Jun 25, 2015 12:03:54 GMT
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I used to own a 106 quicksilver that would only overheat uphill.
You could leave it idle in traffic for hours, sit at 70 on the motorway all day and it would never get hot but the first sight of an incline and the temp guage would shoot to the red. Changed the thermostat for a lower temp rated one in the end. Still ran hot up hills but stopped at 3/4's on the gauge rather than off the scale.
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Jun 25, 2015 12:07:48 GMT
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Could be anything. Water pump, head gasket, blockage, leak, cracked head, cracked block, air lock, what car is it? Its a phase 1 Peugeot 106 IMHO it could be almost anything with a 106 depending on who has owned it and worked on it including a head gasket. I'd normally tell you to walk away but being as I once took a big risk on a GTi I may as well continue. Depending on the conditions on when it overheats on a journey (i.e the speed you are travelling it) and the other sympthoms (curse word heaters) it could be down to 2-3 things: -curse word radiator with few fins or a silted rad due to a lack of coolant changes If this is the case do yourself a favour and get a Nissens rad and refil with Red OAT coolant once the engine has been flushed out. On my 306 TD it was the difference between the fan being on all of the summer with the gauge stuck at 90 degrees to it running alot cooler everywhere. -Airlock ; People are clueless to refilling the cooling systems on these. My trick is to brim the header tank/radiator to almost beyond the top of the expansion cap and whilst maintaining this level open up the bleed screw. If the level drops below the cap you'll draw air back into the system. It is fiddly way I admit and a little messy but it is quick and IME effective. Of course it could be a stuck thermostat, HG etc. but that is my experience from the TU and XU engined Pugs I have owned and what I have seen from other people doing to them. |
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Jun 25, 2015 13:27:44 GMT
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These cars are ten-a-penny, unless its sub £150 then I wouldn't bother (unless its an XSi or rallye)
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Jun 25, 2015 15:08:29 GMT
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My first guess would be radiator either blocked or fins missing. A stat fault would have it boiling its nuts off in 2-3 miles so let that out. Head gasket failure would have it spewing water on a regular basis from overpressure. So it's probably rad.
Steve
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Jun 25, 2015 17:14:40 GMT
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Head gasket failure would have it spewing water on a regular basis from overpressure. ^ Sensible but not always. We bought a 1.5D 106 and drove it 50 unhappy miles home with no overheating. Head gasket was gone between 2 cylinders so no boiling or overheating, just very lumpy & low power  Buy it if cheap, we like baby pugs/citroens as cheap spares & simple to work on |
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Jun 25, 2015 17:51:32 GMT
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I remember my mate buying one brand new. The first week we had it we went to the airport to pick up another friend. No problems at all.
Oh except it overheated and coolant spewed everywhere.
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