I was on the way to Castle Combe this morning going over the severn bridge when a big STOP sign appeared on the dash with the sign check coolant. So I pulled over, turned the car off, had a quick check and turned the car back on. The car had little power even when dropping into a lower gear and the temperature shot to 130C so I pulled over and called the AA as I didn't want to risk driving it any further till I knew what was wrong.
The AA man came and the coolant level was fine, the fans worked fine and when idling and revving the engine at a stand still the temperature did not increase. He thought it may have just been a little problem that had sorted itself so he said he would follow me to junction 18 of the M4 and if the temperature increased to pull over. I got about 100 metres and the temperature shot straight back up again. So i ended up getting a tow back to my house. He reckons it could be the themorstat. Anyone got any ideas?
Not the best of starts to the day at all
The AA man came and the coolant level was fine, the fans worked fine and when idling and revving the engine at a stand still the temperature did not increase. He thought it may have just been a little problem that had sorted itself so he said he would follow me to junction 18 of the M4 and if the temperature increased to pull over. I got about 100 metres and the temperature shot straight back up again. So i ended up getting a tow back to my house. He reckons it could be the themorstat. Anyone got any ideas?
Not the best of starts to the day at all