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im not to bad, been on the technical forum and seems it may be the waterpump, ran it on idle for half an hour or so, fans working ok but when they do kick in the water in header tank is cold?? rises then drops again when fans switch off. no water leaks anywhere
ok then I have let her idle and the fans are coming on when temp gets to just over half but when they did come on the water in expansion tank was cold?? it only seemed to get warm when fans had been on a while then the water level would drop down , there are no leaks anywhere I can see??
yes there was water in it so only topped it up a little, I then stopped again and put about a litre in it and I have since put a bit more in this morning while cold on the drive
I rang and told him to bring the lexus to me up the road where I had broken down, he would not so I then told him I was coming to his house to collect it, he had the keys for it and obviously was not prepaired to give it me back, my main issue was the fact I had my 14 year old son with me in a...
long story but collected a ph1 clio 172 last night, within 2 miles the temp was up in the red!!! pulled over to top up water, gauge was up and down all the way home, 150 mile trip, if driving steady at about 65mph it would sit on about half but rise and fall back down occasional. if I drove...
NOT HAPPY THIS MORNING!!!!
I travelled from my home south wales last night with my 14 year old son to Plymouth to look ah a ph1 172, looked very pretty with some mods, done the deal with my lexus and after a few mins the temp gauge went straight to the top with temp light on!!! rang kid and got...
on way to Cardiff in a min to look at another one, its a 2003 172, hopefully they will give me a good deal on my lexus and I will bring her home if its any good.
Due to pick up my clio 172 this morning from the garage, I have been a bit concerned as I don't think the garage have a very good name so last night I read the reviews!!!!!!!!! OMG...... it was rather disturbing to be honest, they have been closed down before and now operate under another name...
im not sure exactly what yet but it has all documentation and recent dyno printouts etc, it has kent cams but I will know for sure when I collect it what it has exactly
had a call from garage yesterday saying its all ready for collection so picking her (or him) up in the morning!!! hope im doing the right thing!! I can see this is going to get expensive, already spoke to david at K-TEC for some options....... OOOPS did I forget to mention that to the wife!!!
Hi all
well at 38 years old or young today i was 21 again and secured a 2001 clio 172!! i really dont know why but its done now and i fully intend to turn it into a monster, its allready pushing out over 200bhp with printouts and lots of history, ive been a scooby man for many years but just...