The water temp keeps going into the red

The fan is coming on foine and I am not hammering it and it is not the hottest of days! What could be the problem?

Cheers

Nick

 

Any number of things,

Could be as simple as a stuck thermostat? - Well worth testin it and replacing whilst out.

What other symptoms are there? Hopefully its not the HG, assume there is no oil/water contamination?

Is the fan staying on and not cutting out again, the temps staying too high?

Is is a standard setup or have u a large FMIC fitted?

More detail please

 

Hi Thanks for the reply

The head gasket was done less than 1k ago so hopefully it wont be that

There is no sludge around the oil filler cap or anything like that!

I had a look at the fan switch and the connector looked a bit dodgy but the fan was coming on but it didnt look as if it was going as fast as it usually does!

It would only cool down if I coasted down the bypass at high speeds so would that be the rad doing all the work?

Fan seems to be a bit better now so I think this is the problem!

 

checked the water level..

 

Bleed the system? trapped air maybe?

 

Yep have a spot on amount of coolant

 

sort that bit out mate

 

That's usually the sign of a blocked breather, and can happen if you use the car on short jorneys this may appear.

Change the fan switch connector if possible, if the fan is not running correctly then there is your problem....and also check that the temperature sender on the head is not all manky and giving you a dodgy reading