Originally Posted by
orion turbo
i gettin pretty annoyed lately with my cars overheating problem. and what makes it wierder is the temps only rise when driving up hill. just drawn a blank.
my old combi van did that 12 years ago, the rad was knackered, the old mans range rover bmw 2.5 dti did it aswell and that turned out to be headgasket after sniff test. both were fine cruising but high loads would overheat.
i assume youve checked/changed the stat ?
ive had a tractor do it aswell and stat was rusted solid half open, so would run super cool then slowly get hotter and hotter under heavy load.