overheating

[Gazzaboo]

my saxo has been overheating, so ive bled all air from engine an all was ok, untill today.:wall:
driving back from work and temp guage shoots up into red causing warning light to come on, put heaters on to help cool down but now cold air is coming through not warm air???? any help would be much apreciated car is doin my nutt inn
:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::w all::wall::wall::wall::wall:

[Cam]

Your headgasket has blown.

[Gazzaboo]

thought u get smoke when that happens?

[Stefan_Wood]

Cam and his headgasket's lol
Thermostat maybe

[Cam]

Cam and his headgasket's lol
Thermostat maybe

:homme: only going from plently of exp with saxo's, but could be thermostat stuck shut, but if it went right up to red then you 95% blown it tbh...

[Gazzaboo]

just went into red and the light came on over exgarated a bit lol soz but ive just checked oil and there no mixing of water in it

[stevo1600]

What about the water? Does it blow bubbles if Yu take the rad cap off whilst running? Any brown sludge on the rad cap?

Look for a mayo like substance on the oil cap to.

Over heating usually means hg but can be a fucked radiator, thermostat, or an air lock.

Has it been slowly creeping up temp over the past few days or all of a sudden?

[Gazzaboo]

yeh theres brown water coming out when ive been venting the air, its been like it for a bit, i had a new rad put on in august cus it was overheating, and the rad bottle was cracked,
dow no if this has anything to do with it but it revs up on its own??

[DundeeUnited]

yeh theres brown water coming out when ive been venting the air, its been like it for a bit, i had a new rad put on in august cus it was overheating, and the rad bottle was cracked,
dow no if this has anything to do with it but it revs up on its own??

if theres brown water coming out then its defo the head gasket, how can you tell its not oil, and if you had replaced the radiator in august, it aint dirt. not just that but its overheating, i wouldn't drive it if i were you? buy a new engine

[Cam]

If you want to maybe last a little longer take thermostat out.

[ChAdS]

If it has overheated, more than likely fucked the head gasket if you did not turn it off straight away. The story reads that you did not turn it off straight away you turned the fans on to try and cool it down?

Sorry bro headgasket would of split

[darrenh84]

strip down to head.....when i had a punto it was getting overheated and i carried trying drive through...story......engine fuckin blew !! when took apart my whole piston was destroyed and the rings obliterated

[Gandi699]

if theres brown water coming out then its defo the head gasket, how can you tell its not oil, and if you had replaced the radiator in august, it aint dirt. not just that but its overheating, i wouldn't drive it if i were you? buy a new engine

Is it? Could just be manky coolant or the wrong types or coolant been mixed. Also why would you need a new engine if its just the a blown head gasket?

[NiffyVtr]

if there was oil in the water ye would see and if it had just blown would it not take a wee bit long than a couple of hours to it build up the mayo lol?..... if ye take out the thermo like said it will last a bit longer but DONT recomd it..... was on autodata earlier and it said 5 hours for head off and on again.... depend on if the heads warpped with u drivin it on :)

[stevo1600]

yeh theres brown water coming out when ive been venting the air, its been like it for a bit, i had a new rad put on in august cus it was overheating, and the rad bottle was cracked,
dow no if this has anything to do with it but it revs up on its own??

Your from Dudley, what Saxo Yu drive colour etc? I live close to russles hall hospital.... Can bring it by and I can have a look if you want.

Edit - if the waters brown it doesn't mean hg has gone. Brown in water can mean rust build up, especially if you used any kind of flushing agent. You need to look for oil in the water its easy to spot.

[lhessey]

Your from Dudley, what Saxo Yu drive colour etc? I live close to russles hall hospital.... Can bring it by and I can have a look if you want.

Edit - if the waters brown it doesn't mean hg has gone. Brown in water can mean rust build up, especially if you used any kind of flushing agent. You need to look for oil in the water its easy to spot.

i was thinking that, it could be rust or something along those lines

[stevo1600]

Yup. I had it when I freshly fitted my newly skimmed head. You can see oil in water as its like oil on the floor with all different colors.

[Gazzaboo]

just had the car bk from my mechanic an you were right the head gaskets on the way out, so think its time to say bye bye saxo :homme:
if anybody wants it for parts msg me

[Gandi699]

why break it just for damaged a head gasket?

[Gazzaboo]

really carnt be botherd with it now just want it gone

[stevo1600]

Dude what colour is is ?

[stevo1600]

I could fix it for 100 quid

[Gazzaboo]

silver

[Gazzaboo]

same colour and year as yours steveo

[AnthonyMartin]

just keep the car mate. doing a head gasket seems tough. but its nice to work on your car like that. as Clarkson would say "how hard can it be"

[DundeeUnited]

Is it? Could just be manky coolant or the wrong types or coolant been mixed. Also why would you need a new engine if its just the a blown head gasket?

well a new engine you could get for about 90 quid, new head gasket is almost double that

[Stefan_Wood]

Just changed my thermostat as i was overheating flushed all the system out new coolant and water now runs sweet as with heater working perfectly fan comes on and cools the engine down :)