Hi
I have posted a topic recently with the same issue but have more info now, so sorry for doing it again!
If anyone has time to read this topic and give any help it would be much appreciated.
Basically, my B16A2 has been overheating after long journeys, its complicated so bare with me!
The temp guage starts to climb when I come off the motorway and back into traffic, I have started to realise that this is because the coolant has been pushed into the expansion bottle and is staying there, therefore the rad is low on coolant, often I have to wait til the car cools down and pour the coolant back into the rad. The problem has been like this for a year now and it happens after long journeys, one garage suggested that the pressure builds up on these long journeys and is pushing the water into the expansion bottle.
I have changed the rad, hoses, rad cap, thermostat and coolant. I am worried it is head gasket but am praying it is not as its very expensive.
The car is fine around town and on short journeys, the fan seems fine, I dont see any coolant mixture in the oil, although the coolant is sometimes a bit murky, i'm not sure if this is because i use red coolant though. Bare in mind that this problem has been like this for a year now and i have done around 12,000 miles on it.
PLEASE! any help or anyone who has had a similiar problem please reply! I'm tearing my hair out!!
I have posted a topic recently with the same issue but have more info now, so sorry for doing it again!
If anyone has time to read this topic and give any help it would be much appreciated.
Basically, my B16A2 has been overheating after long journeys, its complicated so bare with me!
The temp guage starts to climb when I come off the motorway and back into traffic, I have started to realise that this is because the coolant has been pushed into the expansion bottle and is staying there, therefore the rad is low on coolant, often I have to wait til the car cools down and pour the coolant back into the rad. The problem has been like this for a year now and it happens after long journeys, one garage suggested that the pressure builds up on these long journeys and is pushing the water into the expansion bottle.
I have changed the rad, hoses, rad cap, thermostat and coolant. I am worried it is head gasket but am praying it is not as its very expensive.
The car is fine around town and on short journeys, the fan seems fine, I dont see any coolant mixture in the oil, although the coolant is sometimes a bit murky, i'm not sure if this is because i use red coolant though. Bare in mind that this problem has been like this for a year now and i have done around 12,000 miles on it.
PLEASE! any help or anyone who has had a similiar problem please reply! I'm tearing my hair out!!