urgent help needed, overheating badly

[Khare]

I wouldn't drive with the cap off either. As Ben said, it needs pressure to work properly otherwise it'll cause bigger problems.

[justin3779]

just had a thought, when i took the car in to have the clutch done the guy said that there has some bult up of white stuff on the coolant pipe that attaches to the front of the block by the spark plugs so he cleaned it all off and i noticed steam coming from there there when it overheats so colud that be causing all the problems if it boils over when it loses pressure........

[Deano2711]

Read my earlier post Mate about mine overheating when I bought it due to a pin hole in the top hose.    Sounds like an air lock to me so I would revert right back to Page 1 for the guide on how to get rid of an air lock.

[Ben Lessani]

If there is a genuine leak, then you can't remove an airlock until the leak is fixed.

Run it up to temp, pop the bonnet and look for your leak, doing anything else is futile.

[danny_p]

if its getting that hot that quick,   the problem is more than a leack,   remove the small pipe that feed into the coolant resovor,  fill coolant resovor, start engine an rev.   there shoudl be a good flow of coolant out of said pipe.   if not remomove the waterpump and check to see if the inpeller is still on the end of the shaft and has it's blades still intact.   it probobly dosent.      you will also need to fit a new thermostat they don't like being cooked and tend to lock open