over heating

[simbo]

just brought mk11 gti seems to be over heating? there is water in the radiator, first golf,not sure what i'm looking for. some friendly help would not go a miss, its on g plate if any help

[richandhazel]

I've relied to this under another section, but can you be more specific?

[lancashiregolf]

I had a similar problem on my mk2 gti 8v, you want to check that the radiator motor is working, when your engine gets hot, the temperator switch on the bottom of the radiator should turn it on

[monzablue16v]

just brought mk11 gti seems to be over heating? there is water in the radiator, first golf,not sure what i'm looking for. some friendly help would not go a miss, its on g plate if any help

Best advice to start with is buy a Haynes! invaluable if a bit frustrating might be a faulty temp sender try running it on idle with bonnet open and see if rad fan comes on and when it says it is overheating touch the pipes (carefully) and see if they feel too hot. also put the fan on hottest setting no 3 power does it warm up?  does it get really hot or just hot etc Good Luck!