same prob as 'jelly' in teh mk1 specific forum. I'll know bore you with the saga!
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I was driving to MOT centre of all places, stopped at roundabout after about 10 mins of driving and coolant steam started pouring from bonnet.
Obviously, I stopped to see what the monkeys is going on! Coolant was pissing all over the place, coming from the header tank cap. Let it all cool down, removed cap and refilled (was at patrol station). It needed at least 2L!!
Once it was cool, drove (V slowly!) off again, at next roundabout (Apex Corner North London, 2mins later), same prob again. Stopped let it cool , refilled. did this another couple of times, including once just before the MOT place so it would be fine for that!
Passed MOT, then drove V slowly back, stopping at Petrol stations on the way to let it cool and refill coolant. Every time i was driving for more than about 10 mins it went again.
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The whole time the oil temp on the MFA never went above 98!
I'm going to change the V belt, stat, flush the coolant system and get a new header tank cap, Any ideas?!?!? Could the fan not workign properly cause something of this severity? Only once in all of my stops was the fan actually running when I checked under the bonnet.
I need to get me a haynes manual. no pipes seem split, it all seems to be coming from the cap.
Dave
