Engine Problem, asap

[MrHouston]

right, since last night coolant has been spurting out of the top where you put it into and i don't know why it's randomly started doing it

had to get recovered home last night because the temperatre warning light come on and coolant was dripping out even after being topped up 5 minutes earlier

i'm going the scrappies to get a new lid as the lid that's on it doesn't even screw in, recovery guy said it looks like it's from a picasso so water can escape

is it normal for the water to come right to the top of the bottle?

and would somebody with a 1.0/1.1 mk2 post a pic of their coolant bottle and lid please

need this asap as can't reallydrive it around

[Ruffgeezer]

How soon after you start the car does the water come out? If its immediate then it sounds like your headgasket has gone.

[frankie]

if im thinking what your saying :S lol...

then your rads broke, this happened to me a few weeks back, water kept coming out of the filler cap when hot? yes

i just got a new rad for £49 off ebay and came next day, but you'd have to wait till monday

[MrHouston]

Not long after

My old sax needed a new head and this one doesn't seem to have the same symptoms, only this problem that has randomly started yesterday when we were cleaning the engine

[MrHouston]

if im thinking what your saying :S lol...

then your rads broke, this happened to me a few weeks back, water kept coming out of the filler cap when hot? yes

i just got a new rad for £49 off ebay and came next day, but you'd have to wait till monday

hmm sounds the same yeah, i'll try and get someone out to look at it then, repped

[frankie]

no probs

mine would fill up and hold water, id turn the engine on leave it running for a few minutes then it would start leaking

[Ruffgeezer]

No, if it is leaking from the cap, either its because its overheating or being pressurised due to headgasket failure.

[dustcapart]

thats exactly the same as mine dude, my previous cars head went a completly different way, just went and bought a new headgasket and cambelt and im doing mine tomorrow

sort it soon before your car completely dies like mine did yesterday.

[MrHouston]

So how do I know if it's a new headgasket needed or just a new radiator, and tbh the radiator atm looks really tatty