Hello

driving my sccob back from hols last week and my temp was at the top. pulled straight into a garage and the bottom hose had come loose and leaked almost all the coolant out. had it tightend and filled back up. it doesnt overheat now but its gets to medium very quick few mins and it starts bubbling, the pipes get very hot and the rad is stone cold..
been told head gasket but iam hoping its not, no smoke.

any help would be great, only had it few weeks..

 

Personally I would check the thermostat and give the radiator a good flushing. The thermostats can fail and the rads can get junked up

 

this may sound stupid but is there a min/max mark on the header tank? cant see 1.
and whats the other plastic cooler tank on the other side?
wheres the thermostat? how do i know if its faulty??

new in ownership....

 

ok i have very similar prob i have a 99 2000 turbo s reg i have been advised by a subaru speacialist that headgasket is very unlikly thermostat possibly radiator may be bunged up as stated before aand you may need to get the system pressure tested like i will be getting done soon the bottle at the front passenger side is a water resiviour which should be ok just top up the tank driver side half way up engine (the do not open when hot top on it lol) but do not put cold water in a hot engine i top mine up in morning and is ok for couple of days new to subaru ownership to hope this helps

 

cheers barry.

bit of a pain, only drivin it a few times. lol.
mines also a 99 v-reg 2000 uk.
let me know how you get on mate...

thanks

 

will do mate i have had mine for a month and it was overheating now and again thought i sorted it but no it came back and i went down to blackpool last weekend and it overheated after 4 hours of motorway driving so it was locked up and left in a secure garage for 2 days and was ok on way home but i spoke to falkland performance on the monday and what i said above is what i got told
so when it gets done i will let you know mate good luck with yourprob lol

 

If it's lost all the water and had to be refilled , may have an air lock , check for bleed screws in pipes to heater matrix and by thermostat housing and top of rad . Set heater to hot and bleed air from cooling system .Then test again .

 

barry after you`ve been driving for abit and stop can your here any bubbling/hissing from you coolant??

 

cheers mate, ill try that aswel. ill give anything ago before i splash out on head gaskets.

 

no dont think so i have not been listening to closely but i will later when out and let you know that sounds as if you got a leak and air lock tho

 

thermostat is connected to the bottom rad hose (engine side) it connects to a little housing which is held on by 2 x 10mm head bolts. If you undo these and remove the housing (may need a gentle tap) it will come off and then you will be able to see the thermostat and remove. To test it, put a pan on the stove and boil it up, put the stat in it. If it is working correctly the stat will start to move. BE careful when removing the stat from the boiling pan as metal does tend to burn

 

Take a breath there dude !!!!!

 

lol would love to but car is starting to pee me right off

 

cheers for that mate..

 

nope cant hear any hissing noise etc just normal engine noises after a long drive

 

havent started mine since, just incase i do anymore damage. getting a thermostat and trying that next tho.
let me know how you get on mate.

 

i just went out in carand when came back i put on the turbo timer and i heard lots of gurgling so yeah i have gurgling

 

ive bought a thermostat for mine. will be fitting it sometime this week. fingers crossed. oo and i have a leak still from the bottom hose..