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Hello mates!
I'm a old reader of the forums... but now i'm one more member!
I know that i should be joined before and not just now that I had a problem with my car, but I promise that I'll be more participative.
And let me say thank you to the Aussies, for sharing the Commodore with us!
I have a Omega CD 2004 black (Commodore VY, don't know if it's a Calais or Berlina...) that has around 88.000 KMs and it's been running fine until yesterday. The car was in the garage after one night, and I noticed a small amount (like a cup) of water in the floor under the car. I checked the water level and it was fine.
Today coming to work, i noticed that the temperature needle rises a little more than usual... but 10 seconds later came back to normal level (1/2 scale). When almost at my work the needle again spike up to the red zone, and a high temperature indicator popped up on the dash. Immediately I stopped the car, and like 6-10 seconds later, the needle started to came down, returning to 1/2 scale.
I searched and read some thread here about overheating, but not found a problem related to my...
I took the car to a Chevrolet Service Center and the technician just added more water on the coolant reservoir, and told me to watch if the temperature needle rises again.
As service and parts of a Commodore here in Brazil are EXTREMELY expensive, i would like to know if someone has any idea of what could be this problem. The guy, said that it could be the thermostat valve... and already told me that it's not a cheap service, since the thermostat is located behind (under) the engine... really?
Please excuse my poor English...
Thanks!
I'm a old reader of the forums... but now i'm one more member!
I know that i should be joined before and not just now that I had a problem with my car, but I promise that I'll be more participative.
And let me say thank you to the Aussies, for sharing the Commodore with us!
I have a Omega CD 2004 black (Commodore VY, don't know if it's a Calais or Berlina...) that has around 88.000 KMs and it's been running fine until yesterday. The car was in the garage after one night, and I noticed a small amount (like a cup) of water in the floor under the car. I checked the water level and it was fine.
Today coming to work, i noticed that the temperature needle rises a little more than usual... but 10 seconds later came back to normal level (1/2 scale). When almost at my work the needle again spike up to the red zone, and a high temperature indicator popped up on the dash. Immediately I stopped the car, and like 6-10 seconds later, the needle started to came down, returning to 1/2 scale.
I searched and read some thread here about overheating, but not found a problem related to my...
I took the car to a Chevrolet Service Center and the technician just added more water on the coolant reservoir, and told me to watch if the temperature needle rises again.
As service and parts of a Commodore here in Brazil are EXTREMELY expensive, i would like to know if someone has any idea of what could be this problem. The guy, said that it could be the thermostat valve... and already told me that it's not a cheap service, since the thermostat is located behind (under) the engine... really?
Please excuse my poor English...
Thanks!