My engine nearly went bang on the way home today

[Swompy 0]

Was driving home when all of a sudden the water temp/level light started flashing.

 

Pulled over and looked at the eninge and I had hardly any water in it, the top of the engine water bottle was loose so all the water was escaping out of it. Havnt a clue how this happened :cuckoo: :confused4:

 

Luckly there was a garage just down the road, so got some water and topped it back up.

 

strange

[davidwort 0]

which engine?

sounds like somethng in the cooling system is blocked and it over-pressurised

[Swompy 0]

Its a 1.4 golf, the engine has been working perfitcly before and after the insident

[davidwort 0]

make sure it's full of coolant run it up to temp, if the radiator is not blocked and the stat opens fine and you get hot water running round the radiator and through the matrix for heating the inside of the car, then it could be just the expansion tank cap, they can fail and give symptoms a bit like a blown headgasket.

Worst case it could be a head gasket I suppose.