Jon Howe

No smoke and and water are very clean. i plan on changing fluids and filters with the best recommended for the motor once i know it's be staying in there! cheers mate.

Thanks guysm i'll try all those things! in process of flushing now. then gonna check what engine temps the fan cuts in and out at. it went up to 110 last night and didn't cut in till i switched it off. Just discovered that the fuse on top of the relay block next to the header tank has been blown, then bridged with a bit of wire?? cant be good. It's got an aftermarket rad on it. can't see a seriel no, but it has ENGLAND MR3 on the top. The car was a Cat C some years ago and i think this was when the mods were done from the history i've got. What more could i expect for 900quid!

Hi all, I've just bought a 2.0 16v (j plate) and it seems to be getting pretty hot. it's my 1st injected VW, just sold my mk1 cabrio. When driving reasonably hard just now the temp gauge hit 110, so i switched off and let it cool down to 80. Drove along very gently after that and it tried to do the same, just took a lot more time about it. Oil temp on the MFA was reading 114 at it's hottest. I've read on here from someone else that it should sit at 90 when moving and go to 95 when idling, if i'd let it i reckon it would have kept getting hotter. The previous owner overheated it a couple of times so he had the thermostat changed and reckoned it was fine after that. Thing is, it apparently has Golf GTi KR Cams fitted, plus some form of tuning, producing a fair bit more power. about 150 bhp? (don't know if thats true) Could this cause higher temps and would an uprated radiator help at all? I'm gonna flush the sytem tomorrow to rule out a rad blockage due to gunk from the previous overheating. I'd appreciate any advice anyone might have, I'm willing to go belt and braces with uprated rad and any other parts if it prevents problems in the future. Cheers, Jon