Car is overheating ?

allthedoyles

Its a Peugeot 206 1.4 petrol , and the STOP light started flashing .
Then noticed that the temp gauge was at 90 degrees

The needle started moving up and down from zero to 90

It seemed to be low in coolant , so have re-filled this evening

Anyone any ideas -- I hope it aint the head gasket .................could it be just summer over-heating ?

Donal199

Did the car lose power by any chance?

allthedoyles

The car ahs been chucking / loosing some power for the last few weeks at times .............I thought that the plugs may need changing

Dunne.Drift

I recon the HG is gone if its not running right..... the water pump prob is screwed if shes getting hot & the fan is working..

the fans pack in on them cars aswell!

Donal199

Could be a faulty temperature switch, or possibly the head gasket

allthedoyles

Its in the garage since 10am and we hav'nt heard since .........hoping thats good news .

Last thing we need to hear is that its the HG ..............but the coolant is not leaking and must be going somewhere ........Lots of blue smoke too on the way to the garage

no1beemerfan

Be ready to hear it is the head gasket. Sounds like it could be gone. Car was probably burning off the coolant.

allthedoyles

Yep- Got the bad news - Its the Head Gasket - told it will cost around 800 e

The car never overheated though - We do a lot of short journeys around town - stop/start driving , but never enough for it to overheat .