right lads here's one:

my S1 never overheated or got hot when started.

couple months back she started dropping her revs when slowling down at junctions and cutting out.

was told air leak so i changed:

hoses
manifold gasket
inlet gasket.

still cut out so was told by a tuner it was the fuel pump.
I have now changed that today.

NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM
started her with the new pump. And it starts overheating within 5 minutes and the fan kicks in, she still drops the revs and dies


seriously if i cant sort it then i'll sell her to the breakers because i paid £3k and only had 2 months drive from it.
since May it started cutting out and now ive had it.

can anyone shed any light on why its started overheating and still dropping the revs??

 

Overheating could be headgasket do a compression test on it and see what compression it is

 

it never overheated before though.

only since the fuel pump went on.........could it still be the head gasket?

 

Id do a compression test just so you know weather it is the headgasket or not then thats one less thing out the way.

 

Have you tested for a spark when it cuts out? And does it re-start instantly? IF NOT - does the fuel pump run when you crank it?

 

there's something seriously wrong methinks. From a cold start, it should take what, 20 - 25 mins before the fan kicks in surely I know that when it get's to a certain temperature, it's set to drop the rev's to 800 RPM.

Is the rad fucked, is there water in it obviously, is there any oil in the header tank ? White smoke out the exhaust ?

 

started this morning didnt heat up.

has oil, water ect.

took it to the garage so they have it now.....praying its something simple.

not optimistic when all garages seem to say the same thing latley...which is...

"cars nowadays have computers, you plug it in and it tells you whats wrong"......"yours is old so fixing it might be to hard, you know finding the problem...whereas if you had a computer"....

whats happened to the good old mechanics who use thier heads and hands!!