overheat and no hot air? HELP!

[axel l]

hi.

i was going to take a quick ride today on about 6 km. everything was going well and the heat level was normal. suddenly the tempeture went up to 130C. and it startet to bib and blink :S i turned off the engine, and turned it on again, and the tumpeture was fine :S
i cooled it down for about 5 min. and then after about 2 km it overheatet again.
now the fan can not blow hot air, only cold :S

any one who has an idea?

thanks.

 

[teepee4bh]

sounds like your head gasket has blown.

you are losing your coolant hence engine overheats and you have no heating

 

[axel l]

coolant hance?

i have that idea to, but i don`t hope so!

i couldent finde any leaks on the water pipes/tubes, and i am not shure if i`ve had lost any coolant? it is still in between min and max.

 

[teepee4bh]

sorry spelling mistake

 

[axel l]

i`m not to good to english, thats why am asking

still looking fore some knowledge please

 

[betsy]

Could be a faulty temperature sensor

 

[axel l]

Betsy: i get one tomorrow, so i hope so, but many say it is the headgasket :/

 

[lofer]

What engine is it? 1.8 20vt? It sounds like the water pump to me! Take it to a specialist a.s.a.p!

 

[axel l]

yup, it is on my ibiza 1.8t fr form 2004. i take it to a specialist tomorrow, but it woukd be nice to be pointet in the right direction

 

[betsy]

What engine is it? 1.8 20vt? It sounds like the water pump to me! Take it to a specialist a.s.a.p!

Oh i didnt read the bit about the fan's only blowing cold air, will have to agree with lofer, sounds like a new water pump matey

 

[axel l]

not a blown headgasket`?

 

[betsy]

not a blown headgasket`?

I doubt it since the coolant level has not dropped. Is the car misfiring or is there large amounts of steam/smoke from the exhaust?

 

[lofer]

not a blown headgasket`?

Well I’m no specialist but I do know water pump failures are common! Mine went and I had the same symptoms as you so!


Get it looked at and tell us what it was.


But probably the water pump

 

[axel l]

it is not misfiring, and there is no smoke/steam from the exhaust?

i will let you now, thanks for the quick reply`s

 

[chris4500uk]

Could be a faulty thermostat?

 

[lofer]

hi.

now the fan can not blow hot air, only cold :S

Could be a faulty thermostat?

Wouldn’t he still have his hot air?

 

[chris4500uk]

Wouldn’t he still have his hot air?

I'm just shouting out loud.

If its stuck closed then wouldn't the water not flow. Thus making the heater matrix still coldish but the engine warm?

Its still probably the water pump however, I'm going to grab the metal version for mine shortly.

 

[axel l]

i have just tjecked my thermostat todat. it is working, it opens, but when it opens it takes a lot of fluid from the watertank. there comes air bobbles from the watertank. small bobbles is comming all the time, and sometimes big bobbles. one of my sparkplugs is a little red. cold be the headgasket?

 

[Nath.]

Sounds like a failed water pump to me

The water is not being pumped around the system through to the radiator to be cooled. This also means that no hot water is being pumped through to the heater.