53 Astra Estate Petrol /LPG

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Sun 12 Mar 2006 17:33
53 Astra Estate Petrol /LPG - martin_d12
Hi,

I have an Astra estate (53) petrol / LPg car (works car)

2 weeks ago i was having my dinner in the car (mobile engineer) when there was a popping noise and lots of steam coming from under the bonnet. The top radiator hose had blown.

After the garage had fixed it i noticed the heaters were blowing cold when stationary, warm when moving so I filled up the coolent system with water. I now have to do this every couple of days and the water in the 'expansion bottle' is a bit milky coloured.

Any Ideas?

i know its a works car and i dont have to pay the repair bill but i dont want my company thinking i'm some sort of nutter driver which i'm not.

thanks

Martin
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Sun 12 Mar 2006 20:23
53 Astra Estate Petrol /LPG - Civic8
>>i know its a works car and i dont have to pay the repair bill but i dont want my company thinking i'm some sort of nutter driver which i'm not.

Sounds like blown head gasket,in which case they cannot blame you,unless levels have not been checked as they should be/warning lights had not been attended to,also usually after this occurs garage should have checked out reason why the hose blew.
they dont blow for no reason

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Steve
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