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Heating/Radiator Overheating
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You need a new heater tap
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+ 1 on a new heater tap. That is pretty unlucky though.
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Jesus you blokes are too damn quick. Love your work. My first question was going to be is that the heater tap. The top hose sheared off and the one underneath where that was is leaking badly.
Car had only been going for about 5 mins when temp alarm went off and temp guage skyrocketed. Whacked the heater on and temp started to go back down, only had about 800 metres to drive to get home. Alarm kept going off, nursed it home with heater gauge near the top again and turned it off with steam pissing from every orifice.
Do you reckon this is going to have done any head gasket damage or anything or is it fit the new tap and see what happens. I have been losing water for some time, not knowing where it is going but as the car is not a daily, I just kept topping up with new coolant. I thought it might have been the inlet manifold issue I read so much about.
Will search for a new tap and keep you all informed, I have the next 4 days off so hopefully will get this resolved.
Cheers for the excellent responses. Glenn
Car had only been going for about 5 mins when temp alarm went off and temp guage skyrocketed. Whacked the heater on and temp started to go back down, only had about 800 metres to drive to get home. Alarm kept going off, nursed it home with heater gauge near the top again and turned it off with steam pissing from every orifice.
Do you reckon this is going to have done any head gasket damage or anything or is it fit the new tap and see what happens. I have been losing water for some time, not knowing where it is going but as the car is not a daily, I just kept topping up with new coolant. I thought it might have been the inlet manifold issue I read so much about.
Will search for a new tap and keep you all informed, I have the next 4 days off so hopefully will get this resolved.
Cheers for the excellent responses. Glenn
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Fit a new heater tap and pressure test the cooling system. It'll shed a light on any external and internal coolant leakage. Most simplest of test procedures but a lot of people give it a miss. A 'decent' cooling system pressure test kit will cost you close to $50, a bargain in my eyes. And then again, you could get your money back by pressure testing your mate's and family member's cars for a small charge. A worthwhile investment.
Good luck with the repairs.
Good luck with the repairs.
xr6eta
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Thanks to everyone for the input, much appreciated. Found this on ebay, thought it seemed like a reasonable price after doing a quick online search with Supercheap etc. Should arrive by Wednesday or Thursday so will update once all done.
Holden VS -V6 Heater Tap & Hose Kit GATES QUALITY | eBay
Holden VS -V6 Heater Tap & Hose Kit GATES QUALITY | eBay
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I bought one of the gates heater taps , minus the hoses as mine were still ok , no problems with it and quality is good.