Vauxhall Astra over heating
Variant: 1.6 Club
Model Year: 1999
Categories:
Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
I have no heat coming through the vents and the temperature guage was moving very rapidly, stopped the car and the guage went back to normal. I have checked the oil and the dipstick is a little cloudy, but the oil cap has a gungy mix around it. Could it be the head gasket
Posted: Feb 16, 2008 (16 years ago)
sorry to say but yes its the headgasket gone as this will be the reason for the car overheating
Posted Feb 16, 2008 (16 years ago)
Don't be to quick to blame the head gasket, if you do a lot of short journey's you can get the same residue on the filler cap. It could have over heated due to lack of coolant because of a leak somewhere this would also explain the heater not working, check these first.
Posted Feb 17, 2008 (16 years ago)
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