Ambriel
Active Member
Oh dear. Had the car five months and I've a horrible feeling the head gasket just blew, on the way back from dropping the kids off for their bus to school.
It started overheating about five miles into the return journey. Managed to get it home without going into the red but when I get the bonnet it's dumped all of its coolant.
This is after fitting the new remote stat and hoses.
Typically this is on a day when the wife's car is in the garage for a service and cambelt change. Haven't worked out how I'm going to collect them from the bus tonight yet. Probably borrow a friend's car.
Only good thing about it is that I have all the parts and the experience to replace the head gasket myself. Just don't really have the time. Guess I'll have to find that now though.
It started overheating about five miles into the return journey. Managed to get it home without going into the red but when I get the bonnet it's dumped all of its coolant.
This is after fitting the new remote stat and hoses.
Typically this is on a day when the wife's car is in the garage for a service and cambelt change. Haven't worked out how I'm going to collect them from the bus tonight yet. Probably borrow a friend's car.
Only good thing about it is that I have all the parts and the experience to replace the head gasket myself. Just don't really have the time. Guess I'll have to find that now though.