(08-04-2014, 07:37 AM)Dave Wrote: If your overheating and the rads are kicking in quite often check your rad itself cos all the fins may have corroded and fallen out. Has it done it again since? Normally if you get pressurised coolant it's hg popped but change the rad cap first cos it might just be weak as all engines run under pressure. I ran for 6 months with a blown gasket tho but not everyone can get away with it as longThe rad is a new one put on a few months before I got the car..
Before this happened the fans would only kick in when in heavy traffic,now I just leave it ticking over and after a while temp will get to just over 90 and fans kick in.
Don't think it is the thermostat as before it happened I noticed a bit of white smoke when on boost which as I've been informed is coolant being burnt.
But to be on the safe side I'll check the thermostat, I don't own a Haynes manual so would it be located at the end of the top rad hose where it goes into the fuel filter to the right of the dipstick?