Hi, I have been lurking a while and signed up today.
I recently bought a B2 90 quattro with a chipped 3B under the bonnet.
The car was rarely used by the previous owner but they did give it a full service approximately 18 months ago, this included new timing belt, water pump & thermostat.
I had to drive it 400 miles home (which is by far the most its done in a long time) and there were no issues other than my engine temperature gauge not working which I knew about.
The next day I took it out and got about 2 miles when I could smell coolant as I was only 2 mins from my house I continued home, just as I got on my street steam started belting out of the bonnet and as I pulled in my drive the over heat light came on.
I noticed the fan wasn't running, I shorted the rad switch and it ran fine so assumed that was the issue, I replaced this and filled her back up to do a coolant flush, ran the car for 10 mins, fan did not come on and top radiator hose was getting very hot but radiator was cold. I did however notice a squealing noise that I hadn't noticed before which sound like a belt or similar.
I have since checked the thermostat and it did look brand new and it opened in a pan of boiling water and closed when it cooled.
I have removed all hoses from radiator and all seem OK and are clear of blockages
I looked at the water pump and it too looks brand new but didn't want to touch it being timing belt driven?
Radiator looks decent condition and water flows through it OK.
I'm not particularly knowledgeable with cars so possibly at my limit here.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated before I have to go down the mechanic route.
I recently bought a B2 90 quattro with a chipped 3B under the bonnet.
The car was rarely used by the previous owner but they did give it a full service approximately 18 months ago, this included new timing belt, water pump & thermostat.
I had to drive it 400 miles home (which is by far the most its done in a long time) and there were no issues other than my engine temperature gauge not working which I knew about.
The next day I took it out and got about 2 miles when I could smell coolant as I was only 2 mins from my house I continued home, just as I got on my street steam started belting out of the bonnet and as I pulled in my drive the over heat light came on.
I noticed the fan wasn't running, I shorted the rad switch and it ran fine so assumed that was the issue, I replaced this and filled her back up to do a coolant flush, ran the car for 10 mins, fan did not come on and top radiator hose was getting very hot but radiator was cold. I did however notice a squealing noise that I hadn't noticed before which sound like a belt or similar.
I have since checked the thermostat and it did look brand new and it opened in a pan of boiling water and closed when it cooled.
I have removed all hoses from radiator and all seem OK and are clear of blockages
I looked at the water pump and it too looks brand new but didn't want to touch it being timing belt driven?
Radiator looks decent condition and water flows through it OK.
I'm not particularly knowledgeable with cars so possibly at my limit here.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated before I have to go down the mechanic route.
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