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Definitely head gasket if there are combustion fumes in the coolant. Get a new water pump fitted too. I would have thought it would be about £500 from a local garage.
kirkynut wrote: I think it might be the viscous fan not locking up when hot.
Unfortunately by repeatedly overheating it, you may have blown the head gasket.
Kirkynut
I suspect that's exactly what happened, though the last 4 days driving around London everything seems normal again, no overheating and now the coolant is returning to the radiator and the level in the rad is where it should be, it's hard to believe there's such a serious problem when all feels normal. I'll do another chemical test and see if anything changed. Maybe the sealant actually worked and now I'm back with the original problem of overheating just on the motorway
Busta wrote: Definitely head gasket if there are combustion fumes in the coolant. Get a new water pump fitted too. I would have thought it would be about £500 from a local garage.
Thanks. My best price so far is 450 including skimming, how likely is it a cracked block? If so would I be seeing other symptoms?
Or would they be the same as a damaged head gasket?
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