VR Dan 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 basically, iv had her for a week. bought her last sunday from wales, and drove her the 165 miles home to devon! was a wicked drive home and had no problems wat so ever! she continued to be fine for the next three days, until wednesday mornin, she over heated on the way to work (i only live a mire ten mins down the road and there was no traffic). iv been assured that its not the head gasket cos theres no signs of oil in the water reserve, no water in the oil, oil leaks etc etc.......wat could be the problem?? a friend of mine is a mechanic, but says it doesnt seem 2 add up! Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I just had this problem with mine and it was the thermostat sticking shut. I'd be 90% sure you have the same problem.You can check by feeling the top and bottom rad hoses when the engines hot... if the top one is hot and the bottom cold then it's the thermostat or to be doubly sure take the thermostat out and see if the problem goes away.If/when you replace the thermostat I'd recommend replacing the complete thermostat housing at the same time as they usually leak when you put them back on. It cost me £64 for the parts plus about £10 for coolant Link to post Share on other sites
VR Dan 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 cool, that sounds like it could b it! was thinkin it coulda been a blocked rad........... Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 fit a low temp stat anyway mate, well worth doing, AWESOME GTI sell them Link to post Share on other sites
VR Dan 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 yea thats a good idea! she was runnin at about 90 degrees before she started overheating. it that normal for the vr's? my vento hardly ever got over 70 lol! Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 oil temp around 90 for normal driving, coolant temp needle stays vertical in the middle Link to post Share on other sites
VR Dan 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 yea that sounds about right! hopefully i'll get her back before the end of the week........... Link to post Share on other sites
vr6newcomer 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 try gfs for the bits mate, make sure you ask for the "o" rings that go with the housing, but plastic bits are all the same, and i think you will find its a lot cheaper, Link to post Share on other sites
VR Dan 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 hopefully get her back tomorrow nite! i really cant wait! apparantly the o ring is prooving hard to find lol, phoned up vw and gfs and the part numbers didnt add up! Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 part number for o-ring for sensors on stat housing is N90316802 86p from TPS/VW Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 try gfs for the bits mate' date=' make sure you ask for the "o" rings that go with the housing, but plastic bits are all the same, and i think you will find its a lot cheaper, [/quote']GSF parts are cheap because theyre usually inferior... Plastic bits aren't all the same which is why things like pattern bumpers don't fit properly Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Example of a GSF part, I got a blue temp sensor from there, all appeared fine, until up at Stealth, when Vince noticed it was reading 25oc below the actual coolant temp!!!! sensor was only 3 weeks old!! I only use TPS now really Link to post Share on other sites
VR Dan 0 Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 finally got her back, all's good now! cost me 80 quid tho! had new thermostat, o ring drive belt changed, and new coolant. expensive? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6_Absy 0 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Cheaper if you did it yourself. At least its fixed now Link to post Share on other sites
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