Temperature shot to 110

Post by **RichardW** » 28 Feb 2005, 17:59

"always a hiss when open – always left to cool. "
Uh-oh...sounds like a HG problem to me. Mind you, my BX TD went for 70k miles like this before I changed the gasket. If the rad is leaking run your hand along the bottom of it, and it will probably look blue (assuming you are using blue antifreeze [:p]). The red stuff might be some instant gasket that has escaped from a previous repair.
Keep an eye on it, but I suspect you may be getting accquatined with the inside of the engine before too long [xx(]

rashmore · Post by **rashmore** » 28 Feb 2005, 20:46

Booked in for chemical test saturday.
Quoted £220 - £250 to do HG job + parts.
To change cam belt on its own £80- £90 + part
Pug/cit trained mechanics. Sound about right ? not sure if fancy doing it myself besdies garage full of stuff at the mo so can't get in anyway