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(Message started by: rich1 on Jun 15^th, 2009, 12:55am)

Title: radiator?
Post by rich1 on Jun 15^th, 2009, 12:55am

driving home tonight , when i noticed my temp gauge was on red , pulled over and thats when i saw loads of steam pouring out from passenger side and water leaking out from what also looked like passenger side , topped the water back up , got it about a mile from home when the temp gauge stearted to drop all the way down , then the car just came to a complete stop, a couple of policemen helped me push on to a grass verge (god they are heavy cars) so will have to go back in the morning to have a look and get it towed home , how will i know if its the radiator ? remember its me , the biggest numpty going when it comes to motors !!or is there a chance it could be something else?

thanks in advance , rich

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 15^th, 2009, 1:24am

The temp guage being in the red obviously means it's too hot, & when it drops right down that means it's probably even hotter because the water level is below the temp sensor, so it can't take a reading.

Hopefully it's the rad/split pipe etc & is repairable, but the fact that it came to a stop after being so hot is a little worrying :(.....the over heating may have caused some real damage to the engine :-/

Good luck :)

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by rich1 on Jun 15^th, 2009, 3:23am

Hopefully it's the rad/split pipe etc & is repairable, but the fact that it came to a stop after being so hot is a little worrying :(.....the over heating may have caused some real damage to the engine :-/

Good luck :)[/quote]

got to honest , thats what im really worried about
if it was the radiator that blew , wouldnt the steam and water blow out from the front of the car ? it all seemed to come out from under the passenger wing.
got a really horrible feeling about this , i hope it aint the end of my beloved scorpio(budgie is yours still for sale :)[

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 15^th, 2009, 3:48am

The heater matrix outlet pipe is on the O/S & has a plastic connector about halfway that does tend to go a bit brittle & break after a while....I wonder if this is the cause ? :)

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by rich1 on Jun 15^th, 2009, 3:50am

is that at the top of the engine p/s ? i did notice a lot of steam coming from there

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by Highlander on Jun 15^th, 2009, 1:58pm

What engine is it again Rich?

If its a 24v sounds like a burst hose near the thermostat

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by rich1 on Jun 15^th, 2009, 8:03pm

on 06/15/09 at 13:58:56, Highlander wrote:

What engine is it again Rich?

If its a 24v sounds like a burst hose near the thermostat

stuart , had a look in daylight and i think you are right (but im no expert) , i put some water in and it seemed to be pouring straight out of a pipe and not out of the rad , will know for sure tommorrow when my mechanic has a butchers at it

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by Highlander on Jun 15^th, 2009, 8:28pm

Well hopefully tis the small elbow and not the one that goes through the head ;)

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by rich1 on Jun 16^th, 2009, 6:56pm

still waiting to find out full extent (my mechanic is very good , but slow as a snail)of trouble , so ive started to put some feelers out for another scorpio just in case :),so if worst comes to the worst , there could be a load of spares available soon :D

Title: Re: radiator?
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 17^th, 2009, 12:50pm

hi there

here's a diagram of the 24v hoses...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/scorpio_man/scorpio%20bits/thermostats.jpg

hth