water temp extreme hot

1. saxo_shaun Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 northamptonshire near daventry Posts: 386 was2002 citroen saxo 1.4 furio now 2003 vts

   #1 6th May 2010, 18:18

   just got me vts from the garage were it has been service and few other bits. i had a flickery battery light and they said they tightened something up, not sure wat, but since gettin it back the water temp just keeps rising up. been checked the water and it was overfollowin so took some of that out. then squezin all the pipes and u can hear it movin but the pipe extremy sort. not all the pipes are warmin up. not sure if they should. but it one way to piss me off,
   any1 know wat it could be water pump, thermostat ?
2. user_36974 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Manchester Posts: 570 Mercury Grey VT?

   #2 6th May 2010, 18:40

   sounds like your thermostat is stuck shut. when it been running is your top radiator hose hot ? if not best thing to do is take your thermostat out and run it without. see what happens.
3. mc_neat Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 ilkeston/derbyshire Posts: 220 Saxo VTS Punto Sporting

   #3 6th May 2010, 18:51

   ye check thermostat..and make sure its blead propperly..do your heaters still blow hot air?or just cold?
4. Gareth_R Established Member Joined: Mar 2010 Basildon, Essex Posts: 1042 Citroen AX VTS

   #4 6th May 2010, 19:02

   sounds like an air lock - if they did a coolant change or anything coolant related, they probably havent bled it properly
5. saxo_shaun Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 northamptonshire near daventry Posts: 386 was2002 citroen saxo 1.4 furio now 2003 vts

   #5 6th May 2010, 19:22

   no they neva changed the the coolant. The top hose is hot. But the bottom one is not at the bottom of where the coolant is filled. The heaters still blow got bhp. How do you bleed the swuen
6. saxo_shaun Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 northamptonshire near daventry Posts: 386 was2002 citroen saxo 1.4 furio now 2003 vts

   #6 6th May 2010, 19:31

   sorry on phone. Heater still blow hot. And how do you blead the system through
7. silver-saxo-sewell Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 newcastle Posts: 102 citroen saxo vts

   #7 6th May 2010, 20:24

   theres a bleed nipple thats like a dust cap to the back right of the car make sure theres water coming out of there. and theres 1 on the block itself front left undo that and make sure theres water coming out from there aswell. the water system on theses saxo's are pretty sjit tbh