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  1. 19th February 2010, 09:18 PM #1
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    The curse of driving Ryan's car, my car is now playing up

    Well traffic was hellish today in Aberdeen due to 2cm of snow. My car overheated in the Asda car park as I spent 45mins trying to get out of there. The coolant bottle was low/empty. So filled that up, and all was fine when I drove it home temps wise. Though there was no hot air coming out of the blowers. Left the car a while and gone back out and it's still not blowing any hot air even after letting it warm back up to temp and leaving it for about 15mins now. Always much quicker than that to defrost the car.

    Any ideas? Anything I should look at?
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  2. 19th February 2010, 09:27 PM #2
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    its just a cue to buy my s seens you loved it
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  3. 19th February 2010, 09:33 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanK View Post
    its just a cue to buy my s seens you loved it
    Your S has more problems than the Coop ever has, anyway you know the plan for this week
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  4. 19th February 2010, 09:39 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by 0004BES View Post
    Your S has more problems than the Coop ever has, anyway you know the plan for this week
    which isssssss.......??
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  5. 19th February 2010, 09:47 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fartin Martin View Post
    which isssssss.......??
    As in I change my mind about what car to get next. Coop will be around a while yet
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  6. 19th February 2010, 09:52 PM #6
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    im no mechanic but sounds like the coolant system needs bled?
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  7. 19th February 2010, 09:56 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Knox18 View Post
    im no mechanic but sounds like the coolant system needs bled?
    Thanks, Dad has googled it and found that it could also possibly be the water pump.

    Think I will just have to get a garage/mechanic to give it the once over next week
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  8. 19th February 2010, 10:36 PM #8
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    could be the thermostat. check for leaks there.
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  9. 19th February 2010, 10:37 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Knox18 View Post
    im no mechanic but sounds like the coolant system needs bled?
    SOunding more and more like you have the correct diagnosis.
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  10. 19th February 2010, 10:45 PM #10
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    Yeah sounds like thermostat to me or the coolant is fooked :(
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