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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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it rising once u rev it,it gets warm after two mins max! its got all new gaskets ect, what could cause this?
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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poss head gasket.best to put a genuine ford one on mate.blocked rad? air in the system, could be a number of things mate.
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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air in cooling system, do the heaters work well too?
i have this on my xr2 t the moment, just gotta persivere with it till it all bleeds out.
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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just had it going there and about two mins its hot once u rev it the water nearly comes out of the header
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 05:25 PM
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Water expands with heat, how full are you filling the expansion tank, should only be on min.
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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I also had this prob, (Kitchen Devil) Tested head gasket, Headgasket in good shape.
Checked Waterpump which was fine
Traced it down to my rad had cool spots damage to the core, was past it's best.
I have had it recored, also renew thermostat
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