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Old 22-04-2007, 06:10 PM
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My bro's cossie keeps on over heating when he boots it but its fine when driving normal, any ideas?
Old 22-04-2007, 06:12 PM
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sticky thermostat? or perhaps rad partially blocked?

should be easy to fix.

Remove the rad and stat and flush out the system, see how that goes.

If its still the same change the water pump.
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Using any water ?, headgasket on mine started exactly like this!!
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He's already flush the rad out and it was fine for abit but it started to over heat again..

so would u change the rad or get a new water pump or just buy both?

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