Ford Fiesta overheating - can you help?

My brother’s Ford Fiesta keeps overheating, but there’s no heat in the cabin or radiator. We have changed the following: heater matrix, expansion tank and cap, radiator, water pump, thermostat twice (now...

Why has a radiator fault in our Nissan Micra resulted in the air conditioning being shut down?

My sister drives a 2008 Nissan Micra 1.2 manual and noticed smoke/vapour coming out of the dash and a substance like cooking oil on the rear carpet a few days ago. We initially thought she spilled some...

Can you recommend a Rover specialist to look at my Rover 25 which is losing coolant?

I have a Rover 25 1.6 petrol that has lost coolant on a very small scale over the last five years or thereabouts. However, over the last week it has lost about one litre of coolant and my local garage...

Should I idle my Mondeo 1/6 EcoBoost turbo even after short trips?

Thank you for recommending the Mondeo 1.6 EcoBoost. Your review advises "1.6 EcoBoosts need idling from hot before switching off otherwise oil in the turbo bearing and oil feed to the bearing can carbonise....

What do you think caused our Citroen C5 to overheat?

Our Citroen C5 overheated and as a result our local garage (who had very recently carried out an oil change etc plus MOT at 50,000 miles) found that the head gasket had blown and the head was distorted....

What is causing my Ford Puma to overheat?

My 11-year-old Ford Puma 1.6, 90,000 miles did run and drive like new, but now has an overheating problem that has baffled my garage. It has a new water pump and thermostat. After 10-12 miles the temperature...

Passat with no heater and overheating at high rpm

I have a problem with my Passat TDI 130 PS 2001, on motoway journeys over 50mph, the temperature rises, or when holding revs over 2000rpm. I have had the water pump/cam belt replaced as thought that was...

Peugeot 306 is overheating

I have a problem with my 306 1.8 litre petrol engine overheating. I replaced the water, added some coolant and checked the oil. Then it did it again and I noticed a lot of water leaking out of the coolant...

Transit keeps overheating

I have Ford Transit and use it to transport personal possesions to France. It is 3280 Kg GVW and was fully loaded on our last trip. On the return journey on Sunday if I went over 70 mph the water temperature...

Mk4 Fiesta 1.3l petrol overheating

I have a 1.3l Ford Fiesta (2000) petrol that has an overheating problem. Heres a bit of background: Had a major coolant leak through a dodgy drain plug back in December 2011 and didn't realise until...