is it the termostat????? 2ndly the camshaft gasket


cormy

cormy

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today i was cleanin out the inside of my car, the usual hover n clean down of the plastics, i popped the bonnet and put my hand to rad pipin, it felt as if no water was in it so i took off the rad cap and it needed water so i put more in n bleed it. then this evenin when i was drivin the water temperature guage wasn't goin up to the usual mark??? then when i was drivin it was goin up and down, only a small amount though but it never done this before and the first part that came to mind was the termostat??? what should i do or did i do somethin wrong????

is the ccamshaft gasket extremely important, myself and a mechanic friend of mine were lookin at my engine after i was racing and it looked as if a thin layer of oil was comin out, not out far enough to say it was leakin though, it just looked a bit damp around the gasket. should i change it or will it ok for the moment????
 
camseals always leak a littlebit, if it gets bad, change it. as far as the thermostat im not sure, i HATE cooling system problems.
 
Sounds like thermostat to me..... We get that often here in our hot climate....:shocked:
 
i'm gonna see how it goes today, it was freezin last nite and the weather in ireland is extremely cold. well cold for us.. i have a hunch its the termostat cause i heard the exact same story as mine and it was his termostat!!!
 
yeah i topped up the coolant and after that this started to happened
 
cormy said:
yeah i topped up the coolant and after that this started to happened
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Try taking your thermostat out and put it in A bowl of boiling water this will show if its operating or not it should open fairly quick once placed in the hot water
 
I'll try that once i find out where it is. ha
 
Inside the housing where the bottom radiator hose attaches to the motor........
 
it seems to be back working as normal now. my friend has a ctr also and he was having the same problems with his on the same nite. a bit strange if you ask me?????
 
OK, My coolant is being used up for some strange reason. I can see it in the overflow bottle the next morning when it is all cooled down again. Everything works as i should and there are no signs of a head gasket failure so Im a little confused where the coolant is going. Has anyone got any ideas what the problem could be?
 
winston said:
OK, My coolant is being used up for some strange reason. I can see it in the overflow bottle the next morning when it is all cooled down again. Everything works as i should and there are no signs of a head gasket failure so Im a little confused where the coolant is going. Has anyone got any ideas what the problem could be?
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possibly a bad radiator cap, its the cheapest part that may fail, change it, hopefully its that :)
 
thanx blinx, changed back to the old one and the problem has stopped. It´s all back to normal again :nice:

p.s. i have a spoon radiator cap if anyone wants one :D
 
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