Hey lads just wondering can anyone with experience with similar situation please shed some light on it for me.
So I was driving a 1.3 k11 today,
Year 1996, car has been fine driving untill today after 20 minutes into a drive I seen the temp gauge needle climb high and not to far from the dreaded H.
So I pull her over, turned car off immediately, I seen small amount of steam coming from left side engine bay which was clearly the coolant expansion bottle, the best way I can describe the situation is,
Car overheated to just below H so it was high,which worries me as I’m petrified it may be head gasket and I’m worried about extent of possible damage for driving it the few minutes I did.
Anyway car overheated just below H, I pulled over, turned off car, open bonnet, slight steam coming from coolant expansion thank area and the water within was very small amount but what was in the tank was bubbling and gurgling is best way I can describe it,like a kettle
I filled the tank with more coolant that i had spare with me, at this point I did not open the radiator cap as I had noting with me to protect me from burns so I left that be,
I let the car cool down briefly and then I started it up again to finish the last 1-2minutes of my journey to home.
Got home thankfully, but within those 1-2 minutes the car did heat up again to just below H, but then at times the temp needle would shoot back down to half way again. So sometimes it’s high and then all sudden boom it’s back to midway temp again. But then would go high again.
I got the car home, turned off let cool down for hour and half, topped up radiator and then coolant tank again.
Took it for a drive for 5-10 minutes
All was well again and drove fine for about 5 minutes or more when the needle started climbing again
So parked her up and turned off untill I get at it over weekend.
Can anyone give me a possible list of causes.
My biggest dreaded concern is that it is head gasket, and I worry is it possible I may have damaged the engine severely in such a short time frame of driving while being high temp range,
but I don’t have any gunky white milky oil, all oil seems fine, no white smoke from exhaust, no gunky water in radiator either,
My gut feeling is a stuck thermostat, so that’s where I am going to start with, will do coolant flush, fit new thermostat and then fill system with new coolant.
What I would like to state is also
Up untill recently the car went trough quite some time being stored and idle, which may has caused and issue.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as the car is important
Thanks
Tor
So I was driving a 1.3 k11 today,
Year 1996, car has been fine driving untill today after 20 minutes into a drive I seen the temp gauge needle climb high and not to far from the dreaded H.
So I pull her over, turned car off immediately, I seen small amount of steam coming from left side engine bay which was clearly the coolant expansion bottle, the best way I can describe the situation is,
Car overheated to just below H so it was high,which worries me as I’m petrified it may be head gasket and I’m worried about extent of possible damage for driving it the few minutes I did.
Anyway car overheated just below H, I pulled over, turned off car, open bonnet, slight steam coming from coolant expansion thank area and the water within was very small amount but what was in the tank was bubbling and gurgling is best way I can describe it,like a kettle
I filled the tank with more coolant that i had spare with me, at this point I did not open the radiator cap as I had noting with me to protect me from burns so I left that be,
I let the car cool down briefly and then I started it up again to finish the last 1-2minutes of my journey to home.
Got home thankfully, but within those 1-2 minutes the car did heat up again to just below H, but then at times the temp needle would shoot back down to half way again. So sometimes it’s high and then all sudden boom it’s back to midway temp again. But then would go high again.
I got the car home, turned off let cool down for hour and half, topped up radiator and then coolant tank again.
Took it for a drive for 5-10 minutes
All was well again and drove fine for about 5 minutes or more when the needle started climbing again
So parked her up and turned off untill I get at it over weekend.
Can anyone give me a possible list of causes.
My biggest dreaded concern is that it is head gasket, and I worry is it possible I may have damaged the engine severely in such a short time frame of driving while being high temp range,
but I don’t have any gunky white milky oil, all oil seems fine, no white smoke from exhaust, no gunky water in radiator either,
My gut feeling is a stuck thermostat, so that’s where I am going to start with, will do coolant flush, fit new thermostat and then fill system with new coolant.
What I would like to state is also
Up untill recently the car went trough quite some time being stored and idle, which may has caused and issue.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as the car is important
Thanks
Tor
