well im done

the pipe from bottom of radiator to the thermostat was the one i had no heat from. was a new but faulty thermostat, replaced it bleed the system and was ok then. my fans didnt cut in as no flow before.

tonydtp wrote:the pipe from bottom of radiator to the thermostat was the one i had no heat from. was a new but faulty thermostat, replaced it bleed the system and was ok then. my fans didnt cut in as no flow before.

thats interesting, mine seemed like the termostat was sticking as only occassion heat spike which happened on twice this week, stopping the car and squeezing the hose sorted the issue, i think it will come back though so ill get the thermostat changed for a blueprint one

Worth doing a ecu fault code check & reset then see if any codes return if get issues again.
Does your car seem extra heavy on fuel at times ? do you get any difference in running/power before the cutting out & possible overheating ?...
With coolant loss double check for sneaky leaks from likes of water pump & rear engine coolant hoses etc.
Hopefully all linked to minor problems ....

worth just mentioning jiggle valve at the top. seen them fitted before at the bottom.

only thing i noticed was a puddle underneath my car in the car park, this was a while ago, around where my bottom hose is, i ignored it lol hopefully its just a hose and not my actual radiator. power sometimes does feel more like an n/a car than a turbo the boost just sometimes isnt there, a few nights ago prior to this though i took it for a blast against an r32 golf and it was rapid however ive not even been on boost since it first started overheating as ive just been constantly watching the temp gauge, and it used substantially less fuel than usual. £20 usually does me 2 work trips, this week £20 has done 3 trips, no change in running it just cutout with no such warning, put the clutch in and revs just dropped all the way

i boosted it tonight to see if there was a loss of power and no it was quick and boosted normally

tonydtp wrote:worth just mentioning jiggle valve at the top. seen them fitted before at the bottom.

whats a jiggle valve?

on the thermostat there will be a small loose fitting valve its for bleeding the air out the system.

I had a coolant leak years ago and the power dropped a lot.

you have put the thermostat in the right way or not??

Im not sure i havent checked the thermostat yet, car was fine today however it wouldnt start this morning, took a few atempts till it fired up, im begining to think its an electrical issue maybe something to do with fueling

Plug related and flooding

johnny gtir wrote:Plug related and flooding

maybe something to do with ht leads? this happened the morning after i put brand new plugs in

not sure if its connected or not but i had an issue where the car was just in limp mode not boosting!! and my temp gauge was showing very hot!!! but infact it was,nt does the coolant sensor go to the ecu? i fitted a new sensor and all okay since.

hope im not way of the mark with what i have said!!! i just had lots off issues and trying to think in order what i did

Well i have an avcr so would it even go into limp mode? Kinda always wondered that

Im gonna change, radiator pipes, thermostat and coolant temp sensor and give it a service and pray it solves the issues, need to get it into an auto electrician too, the list goes on.....

It would still go into limp mode with a Apexi AVCR thats just the boost controller. Maybe try seeing if you have any codes showing?

ah ok i thought limp mode was the boost restricted to 0.5 bar :/ happened to me a couple of times where the boost was put down to 0.5 and the car run pretty shit, reset ecu and it was fine again

i did the ecu reset as well but came back running poor quite quickly.. coolant temp sensor is cheap so would change that... check the thermstat by dropping into hot water as close to opening temp. may not need to change that... i run a revotec fan controllor in the long hose off the radiator much more reliable.

coolant sensor could be possible & also tie the heating & cutting out faults together.
checking fault codes is a must.
defo check you thermostat & it fitted correct. if randomly sticky it not going always show with hot water test, if you got a cheap no brand thermostat I would get a decent one as cheap & rules it out of debate.

yeah cheers guys just going to replace everything mentioned and hope, maybe we can get through this rough patch

anyone know where i cn get a coolant temp sensor and are they easy to replace?

I take it your keeping the car now?

lol yeah maybe, ive not totally decided yet, i may sell once i sort this issue out at least ill get a bit more money for it