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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Overseer on 10 October 2005, 12:44
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Ok here goes..
I started the car this morning.. and tbh was a bit of a spazz and didn't hold the key in position to start it properly long enough.. started it second go and was off... I noticed when I got down the road the coolant light was flashing.. There was no way the engine was hot or anything.. so I proceded another 1/4 mile till i got stuck in traffic. Once I was stopped I turned the engine off and on again and there was no more flashing. Its so cold at the moment that after the 2 mins of driving or however the temp rises to 70 before rising again to 90. My "commute" is a 6 min trip.. so barely nuff time to get the engine warmed up.
Looking around it seems unlikely to be anything outside a dodgy sensor, low coolant or an air block. I'm gonna check the coolant level in a minute when I go for my lunch break.
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Isn't the flashing light an indication of low coolant and nothing to do with temperature?
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Isn't the flashing light an indication of low coolant and nothing to do with temperature?
...yep. :smiley:
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so basically like i said.. if the coolant isNT low when i check it (2 minutes...) then its likely to be a dodgy sensor ?
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Er.... If the coolant level is ok it's likely to be a dodgy sensor. If it's low, it's likely to be something to do with the coolant level being low! :wink:
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just got back .. updated post with the "NT" i missed in my dash out...
results are... coolant was very low. appears to be a very small leak coming from the lower RHS of the radiator (looking face on at the car)... i'm sure i've got some more RadWeld somewhere.. so i'll have to keep an eye on this..
woe... was just about to book it in for a service too.. maybe i'll wait see whats up with this problem *sniff*
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cool, let me know where you take it and how much mate! I thin kI'll need an IN01 soon...
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me and my mate always use Performance Driven. they're right in the town centre.
he's just had his serviced + MOT'd there (well they use a garage around the corner to do the test) .. my IN01 is due in the next few weeks so i'm gonna see if this problem stays first before booking it in..
They're in the centre of Taunton.. not sure how good your geography of here is.. its very well hidden took me 3 laps of the block to find it and i've lived here all my life... i'll explain now to save hassles.. using landmarks you'll know ;)
Ok.. driving from the railway station in towards the town centre with harpoon louies on your right you keep going.. once past the sex shop near the swimming pool get in the right hand lane.. and when you get to the lights instead of going right like most of the traffic will .. go straight over once traffic on the left has stopped. you'll see a funeral directors there. you're now in "wood street" the turning for performance driven is the very very first one on the right once the pavement runs out.. you have to drive up a little way to see the place. if you see a huge ass car park on your left you've gone to far and have to go aroundthe block again.
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I'm with ya mate, I know the place - Sometimes I park in that carpark. Cool, will get a price off them when it comes up...
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ah cool... easy for if u wanna shop while its being serviced/fixed or something :)
as for my motor... i've put some radweld in.. the water i put in at lunchtime still seems to be there..
i have more radweld and water + coolant in the car will be checking it for the next week..
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now the cars been cold overnight the level was down (as expected) but still within min/max.. so i topped it with the remaining radweld before coming to work..
so at least large amounts aren't vanishing overnight..
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Rad weld is evil stuff!
It's ok for a temp fix but it's not good for your car as it furrs up all the water ways and reduces cooling effeciency.
You'd be better off fixing the leak properly. Having said that of course Rad weld is cheap and fixing the problem may not be.
Nick
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Radweld is fine, providing it is used properly.
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2 days later...
coolant level seems good...
am getting some oily whiffs now n then.. but theres no contamination that i can see
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soo umm... coolant level is still perfect...
and after checking oil levels properly today i've had to put 1.5 litres of oil in to bring it out of not registering on the dipstick at all, and upto the max oil level mark.. doh! at least my new dip stick from last week (old one broke a while back) makes it easy to check the level again
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If I were you mate, I'd leave the coolant alone then until you come to change it or anything else in the system.... I 'fiddled' with a rad on my last car and it fell to bits on me. No amount of radweld will stop water pouring out of a sparrow sized hole! :rolleyes:
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yeah.. i'm not planning on breaking it now.. already learned that lesson this time last year! changed coolant and ended up springing a leak in a hose off the block.. althou i would like to ensure the coolant strength is ok.. rumours are this winter will be a coldun! think a lot of water and not much anti has gone in there.. might have to siphon some out via the expansion and replace it with coolant till its right.. no harm in doin it that way..
btw Jethro is doing a show at wellsprings tonight.. gotta pick my folks up.. if ur goin and see a very low black valver (my folks are fat LMAO) its me pickin em up... LOL
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Nuts, if I'd known that I would have got a few people together and come along. It's me and my gf's 2nd anniversary today so we're going for a meal in Bridgy...
And to get back OT, yeah using a turkey baster to get the water/ radweld mix out is a good idea...
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my folx said he's playing there again early next year :smiley: