malco

Can anybody help please my car has just started to get very hot very fast after only going about a quarter of a mile. and also the water in radiater keeps going down, it must be going somewhere is there anyway of checking if its the head gasket that has gone without taking it in for a full check up as i dare not drive it because of the over heating problem. if it is the head gasket that has gone how much roughly would it be to put it right.
cheers malco

alcazar

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Firstly, check your oil, see if it looks creamy/frothy. Secondly, have a look in the water overflow tank neck, nerar the battery, is there aything in it that looks a bit like mayonnaise? If the answer to either of these questions is "yes", the c/h gaskets have gone.

If not, try a local garage, ask them for a "sniff test", that will diagnose it properly.

Any chance it could be one of the hoses, split?

BBB3

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just give your car the 'common sense check' which has been said above,

good luck hope its not to serious

The Zohan

It sounds more like you have a hole in the rad or the heater matrix or one of the rubber hoses that connects up the system than head gasket.

check for leaks first.

MY99 - i would be looking towards the rad!

scoobyboy

drivers side of the rad on the end cap next to the slam panel they normally split somewhere there

Proby521

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Yep, check hoses & rad first. MY99 blew the original top hose last year, so I changed them all for Samco jobbies. I could not believe how the originals had perished when I fetched them off, I suppose they are 11 years old! Good luck.

malco

I have looked at all the above and the water all looks ok also the oil, can't find any split hoses, so garage next i suppose thanx for your help.