car pissin me of now

 

theres loads of knowledge on here bud, 1st step would be post the problem?????

 

lol. Ill get out my crystal ball

 

my batteries have ran out!!!!

 

Aye, woolsta, post what's up, what car, what model and year and what mods, if any.

 

Shaggys, Freds, Velmas, Daphnes?

 

basically my turbo 2000 1997 no mods on it apart from a dump valve been avin problems with overheating it not leaking coolant ad it checked at a garage and they said that thermostat is fine it ent the heads he also checked heater controll unit and that fine no water in passenger footwell if i drive it it dont overheat and heaters are warm wen not driving it temp goes up please help as its doin ma head in cheers

 

Airlock, seems to me (although you'd expect heater to go cold ).

 

sounds to me like the radiator fans aint working . most probable the temp sender in the radiator knackered , bottom of rad on drivers side , try that first , if not that run a live wire to the plug on the fans connection and see if they work .(make sure fingers are out the way lol). the rad fans only come on when bloody hot and wont come on with normal driving unless stopped in traffic for a while

 

fans do kick in but they dont go off is that normal car filled up with steam to heaters do work only wen under load

 

Sounds like your rad is shafted (though that wouldnt cause steam in your car, also look at heater matrix), collapsing on the inside so less cooling taking place, fans work harder but they are not miracle workers, if the rad is the original then its done a good job and a replacement isnt expensive

Tony

 

how would i test matrix m8 and i have noticed bottom rad hose dont get warm is that normal if matrix was gone would i loose water

 

If the bottom hose isn't getting warm, it points to your thermostat sticking. How did your garage test it?
It could also be an air lock. When was the coolant last changed? It's easy enough to do, but takes a while to avoid airlocking it on refill.

If your matrix is BLOCKED it would run cold, if it's holed, you would lose coolant, usually inside the car = wet carpets, but sometimes leaks from pipes OUTSIDE so coolant on floor under car.

If the rad is old it's likely to be gunged up. You could take it off and back flush it with a hose, but a new decent one can be had off e-bay for £60.

 

the bloke told me that he took it off and tested thermostat i changed the coolant last november and i did suffer an air lock and i sorted that out now everythink was runnin fine checked the carpets they are all dry might give takin rad off a go see if that helps.ent gettin no leaks at all its been in the body shop 4 3 weeks to have new door they couldnt even get that right thrn started playin up since i got it back joke

 

geezer reckons he took thermostat off and checked it changed coolant last november and i did have an airlock but sorted that everythink was fine.checked the carpets no water anywhere no leaks under the car will give takin rad of a go its been in the body shop 4 3 weeks so it ent been used then i get it back and get all this