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The water on my Golf Mk2 keeps boiling back through the expansion tank.

Asked on 14 June 2011 by cathy01

Answered by Honest John
Assuming the thermostat is okay, it's an airlock in the system. Suggestions to purge it here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/cooling-system-airlocks/
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