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Dan_Corsa · Post by **Dan_Corsa** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:23 pm

Car is overheating after 5mins of use, needle getting close to 100 degrees so stop thecar and allow to cool down!

Checked everything i could think of:

Coolant - Full
Oil - Level correct

Checked for blockages to the Rad (squeezing pipes) but still didnt help.

Only other thing i can think of is the thermostat is fecked..... wher is this located and how do they come out?

Anyone else got any suggestions please let me know can\'t drive car at mo

Dan_Corsa · Post by **Dan_Corsa** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:24 pm

Stuck blowers on full didnt help things, infact it made it worse thats why i have a feeling the thermostat is fecked or sticking

Just don\'t know where they are...... been told:

\"Be in a big fat pipe going to the cylinder head\"

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:15 pm

Does the heater get hot??

The engine getting hot fast is either a jammed thermstat, (shut) or head gasket.

But do the simple thigns, flush the collant system and put in new fluid, check the fan cuts in and the gauge is wired in correctly. as any addiditonal resiatnce makes the reading go higher.

Dan_Corsa · Post by **Dan_Corsa** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:00 pm

Does the heater get hot??

Heaters get very hot, (only usually go cold if there is no water?)

The engine getting hot fast is either a jammed thermstat, (shut) or head gasket.

Knowing my luck with the car at the moment will be the head gasket

Dan_Corsa · Post by **Dan_Corsa** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:04 pm

Just been checking for the thermostat

and can\'t find it!

Some one on CS told me to look here:

(or there abouts was a diff engine he showed pic of)

This ones mine:

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:06 pm

Well you can easily remove the thermostat to see if that makes the engine run normally well cold really.
Although a car normally takes 10-15mins to warm up.

j1400 · Post by **j1400** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:07 pm

Oh right, the thermo stat on the 1.2 8v is located on the back of that alloy section. It\'s hard work as you need to slip off the cam belt first to get access to removing the thermo stat.

Dan_Corsa · Post by **Dan_Corsa** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:33 pm

looks like that won\'t be happening then

f**k playing with cams and cam belts thats one thing im not touching!

No other way of getting to it without having to the belt off?