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Offline Chrisbrown.92

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« on: 29 June 2009, 22:57 »
hi

i have a mk3 cl . and it seems to be getting rather hot . i bought it and the head gasket went so sent it back and they fixed that , and also changed the water pump . the tempreture dosent get over 110 . the  chap that fixed it said it was normal because the thermastat kicks in at 87 degress . is this right ? should it be doing this ?

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Offline Khare

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #1 on: 29 June 2009, 23:03 »
should not be doing it. Does the radiator fan come on at all?
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Offline Chrisbrown.92

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #2 on: 29 June 2009, 23:15 »
um it does but like when it gets to 115 degress ? soo what could it be do you rekon ?
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Offline Mikester

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #3 on: 29 June 2009, 23:18 »
Sounds like he didnt fix it properly. Would advise getting it looked at by another garage mate. A good one. Head gasket is a huge job to just be done by sending it back mate.

And when they go, they take the engine with them.
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Offline Khare

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #4 on: 29 June 2009, 23:19 »
looks like knackered fan switch. It should be kicking in at 94 or 95 degrees iirc.

Was the thermostat changed also when the water pump was done? Could well be the thermostat was on its way out and by removing it and re-using it, it packed up completely.

Id first change the thermostat, then flush the entire cooling system and stick new coolant in there. If it still runs hot then I'd look at replacing fan switch.
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Offline Chrisbrown.92

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #5 on: 29 June 2009, 23:22 »
brill , thanx for the help mate ill do that. thanx again
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Offline Wayne

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #6 on: 30 June 2009, 00:00 »
Try and find out if the head gasket was replaced, also you may have an air lock.
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ianw3321

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #7 on: 01 July 2009, 09:16 »
Could also be your water temperature sensor is misreading, if the water temp is reaching 115 degrees before the fan comes on I would expect to see steam. Ian.
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Offline danny_p

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #8 on: 01 July 2009, 12:32 »
the top caps blow at about 120
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Offline chezney55

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Re: hottttttttttt
« Reply #9 on: 01 July 2009, 17:56 »
my gti was running hoter than normal just turned out to be air locked
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