radiator cap

If anyone has experienced this before need some advice, car randomly overheated quite fast and then heater stopped working. 04 VY V6 auto After letting it cool I probably only filled about max 1L of coolant in the radiator (expansion was dry). Didn’t see any leaks or obvious signs On the way...

There’s hundreds of threads with most likely a similar situation I’m dealing with. I’ve scoured the forum for anything almost mirror copy of my issue but can’t find an exact complaint. It’s a 3.8 auto Trouble is past couple months temp gauge has been fluctuating, going up and down as it...

Hi All, The temperature gauge was acting up. On a couple of occasions it would remain on cool longer than you would ever think possible. Driving longer than an hour and it never budged. I investigated and noticed a small leak of coolant coming from the radiator cap. The temp gauge, when working...

Hey everyone, Sorry for the hogging of the forum asking all these questions, I just feel like the response is so quick and everyone knows their s**t about these cars. This is gonna be one of my last as I'm getting pretty familiar with the car now. I think during COVID it's spent more time with...

Helpful basic overview: The following is for both VZ and VE and VF Alloytec motors. The first part of this is on my VZ. Opened the bonnet only to discover a fine line of pink spray from the dry red coolant, all across the engine bay. Lucky to catch it before it let go all together, and no...

Hi all, I got the Commodore V6 VR from my auntie for free as it needed a bit of work. I took it to the mechanic for the leaking power steering and the rack ends were replaced. However, didn't fix the problem. Have been neglecting the problems for a while, but recently decided to see what I can...

My commodore has recently had problems with over heating the hot and cold gauge is below half but when I get out of the car I can hear bubbling as if it is boiling, it is never after constant driving just after sitting in traffic, is there a problem with the radiator cap? Or something more? Cheers.

hi i have a WL statesman [ so VZ V6 190kw] it overheats and cant get radiator cap off.. ive tried pouring boiling water over the cap when the engine is cold but it still wont budge... any suggestions to get it off? thanks in advance :)