Most recently answered cooling system questions

I own a 1995 Volkswagen Golf MK3 1.8 cabriolet. I have recently discovered brown foaming in the radiator expansion chamber. The temperature guage inside the car goes up to 70 quite quickly and the warning...

In the last couple of years or so, our 2004, 44,000-mile MG ZS 110 (based on the Rover 416) loses coolant and needs topping up every fortnight or so, prompted by the level warning light in the dash. There...

I've just got my Rover 75 back from the garage. They replaced the clutch master cylinder. I drove the car home, about two miles, and noticed water coming from the cap on the radiator.

I have a problem were my Volkswagen Golf III TDI is overheating. It seems to use a lot of water. I have checked both radiator hoses, and both are hot when the car is idling. I have checked the pipe that...

My daughter's Ford Ka overheated in a shopping centre yesterday. The AA turned out for her and decided the engine cooling fan was not cutting in. The car got home fine since it wasn't standing in traffic....

I just bought a 2003 Ford Fusion 2. I am losing water in the expansion tank. No leaks anywhere, no temperature increases. What can it be?

What's wrong with my Citroen Saxo's cooling system? The fan comes on when I switch off the ignition.
I have had an X-reg Citroen Saxo Forte 1.1i for three months and found out that the 30A fuse for the cooling fan had been removed from the fuse box. On replacing the fuse and then switching off the ignition,...

I have a 2001 Audi A6 1.9 TDI 130 SE. Its given me 247,000 miles of trouble-free motoring and for the last 147,000 miles has been maintained by a local Bosch garage. The radiator was recently replaced...

My 2005 Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDI's temperature gauge sits at 90 degrees at 60mph, and once up to 65-70mph it shoots up to 130 degrees. The dash says 'Stop - check coolant'. When I slow down to under 60mph the...

I was driving my car today. I went into town and on returning to my car it wouldn't start, but I have full power to the dash, central locking and lights, so I bump-started it and it started first time....