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[jacksmags]

I have a 1987 Mini City E 1000cc


My car has started to overheat quickly, all of a sudden. I have recently put radweld in, as my heater matrix was leaking a bit.

But now all of a sudden its overheating, will the radweld have anything to do with it?

[icklemini]

will the radweld have anything to do with it

maybe... overheating can be caused by a number of things though...

start with fixing the known problems... heater matrix for one... then flush the system out and see whats occuring..

[Darkscamp]

whats occuring..

[jacksmags]

Litterally i drove like 5 miles up the road to halfords, bought the radweld, but it in my radiator there and then, and then i noticed it started overheating.


WELL
The gauge on the instrument panel says its overheating and running at a high temp, but the engine does sounds like its overheated when i shut it off becasue normally it would "run on" as they say, wouldnt it.
May the gauge or sensor is abit dicky?

[Pauly]

Could be a faulty bypass hose, look for signs of rusty water around the water pump area, could also be the water pump itself.

[bmcecosse]

You can check with a thermometer - but seems too much co-incidence it started to overheat just after adding that muck to the cooling water! Bad move........

[jacksmags]

Hopefully it will settle in the morning!

[jacksmags]

How could i stop it over heating then do you think? I'm supposed to be going camping in it tomorrow =/

[Pauly]

Only way to stop it overheating is to fix the fault. If its loseing water then theres no other way, if its not loseing water then it might just be the thermostat.

[icklemini]

How could i stop it over heating then do you think? I'm supposed to be going camping in it tomorrow =/

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will the radweld have anything to do with it
maybe... overheating can be caused by a number of things though...

start with fixing the known problems... heater matrix for one... then flush the system out and see whats occuring..

[stickycreambun]

Have you noticed it losing any water? Or oil for that matter?

[jacksmags]

Losing a bit of oil out of the timing case but im keeping an eye on its regularly and i havent noticed it losing water, plus i would have noticed when adding the radweld!
Thanks though

[pdaykin]

Check the obvious first.

Is there any air in the system ?
Does your heater get hot ? If not, there is likely to be air in there.

Has the head gasket (or even the head) gone ?