Car overheating, no hot air in cabin

[daddycool]

hi, my car is overheating and no hot air in cabin.

when i got to the shops earlier the engine fan was on which i thought strange. checked the coolant tank and it was empty! 2 litres went straight in. on way home engine getting hot but kept cool cause of the ambient temperature.

what's up?

 

[Dunn]

is it leaking ??

could be heater matrix

 

[regi james]

no obvious leaks? prob needs bleeding if it got too low

 

[black_sunrise]

water in passenger footwell??

 

[sideways danny]

almost certainly a leak. Possibly a crack in the rad or similar.

 

[timster]

Have you got enough anti-freeze in it?

 

[regi james]

Have you got enough anti-freeze in it?

my mate kept topping his car up with water only to try and start it one cold day and snap his cambelt and bend 3 valves

 

[daddycool]

yeah it's leaking, just put 6.5 litres in there and finally found water peeing out all over my lovely new gearbox. typical clio to have one big hose. might have to treat myself to some of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Forge-Silicon...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c14bb3175

 

[daddycool]

or should i get second hand hose for £20 off fleabay? is it a false economy buying a second hand radiator hose??

 

[sideways danny]

£20 if it's in good contition is a bit of a bargain. no real way to know when it may split/crack again though

 

[Bluebeard]

or should i get second hand hose for £20 off fleabay? is it a false economy buying a second hand radiator hose??

Look in the for sale section. Theres a full set of Kwakker green silicon hoses going very cheap. (Russ Rallye iirc)

 

[MaLicE]

my mate kept topping his car up with water only to try and start it one cold day and snap his cambelt and bend 3 valves

so just using water did that??? OMG

 

[daddycool]

went to fit 2nd hand hose today only to find that whoever removed it had cut through it at the heater matrix end, making the lower heater matrix pipe too short. muppets.

anyone know what the big hose from renault costs? looking more and more like those forge hoses

 

[daddycool]

pipe from renault is £83, i picked up a 7 month old pipe from james@jms for £40. all working now