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my temperature goes up past a 100 and wont drop less than that ,even if i wire the fan to be on constantly it still will not drop , ive recently had a new water pump fitted , and also changed radiator and sensor , and thers still no joy also tried it without thermostat in and still will not drop , any ideas ? could it be my head gasket ?

it could be a head gasket issue yup - check for the other tell-tale warning signs: mayo on the oil filler cap, oil leaking from engine block, loss of oil, oily coolant and blue smoke coming ouit the back. If u dont have any of those things though then it could just be your car - some corsas run really high without damage lol. whats ur engine and mileage?

i havnt got any ov them issues , and its corsa b 1.2 16v sxi round about 90,000 , one other thing the water in me system is over 100 but my heaters are stone cold , heater matrix ? but would that cause it to keep over heating if the matrix was nackerd ? cheers for the help

hmmm sounds as tho it cud be maybe a block in the coolant system or sumthin - think my ex had a similar problem with her 1.2 8 valve and having the coolant system flushed out with the heaters on full blast seemed to unblock it a bit and lower the temp and make the heaters a bit better.

it does seem quite a high temp for the engine - mine used to touch 102 ish bt only in traffic - it used to run at around 97 usually.

tbh ur best bet with this might be to check it into a garage for a simple check (shud be either free or only 20 quid or so) and then get them to tell u whats up with it.

something else to consider is the consistency of the coolant liquid... if ur running low on anti-freeze and have a lot of water in it then it wont be as effective and run hotter, although not sure if this would effect ur heater temp

when your cars this hot are the radiator pipes hot?

ah ryt cheers for the advice a jst wanted to no wat the problem was , coz that engines cumin out tommorow jst wanted to no if a could seel it on as a runnin engine , its makin way for me c20 xe lol cheers any way (Y)