rallyeluke
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Hi people.
My girlfriend just bought a puma black and its a great deal of fun, problem is she is overheating.
Now the problem is:
Im driving along at a normal speed and engine gets up to operating temp in about ten mins then will sit at half way on the gauge for about half an hour then suddenly start fluctuating between half way and in the red (fan kicks in to try its hardest to keep it cool)
then eventually it will just sit in the red at which point i switch her off to avoid possible damage.
Now in my opinion from working with cars for a fair few years its going to be one of a number of things.
1. possible air lock
2. sticky thermostat
3. water pump damage (ie pulley is spinning and sometimes pump inside is not spinning)
i have done multiple searchs and have seen alot of threads with puma's overheating.
just after anyones opinions?
great site brilliant car amazing handling (stupid design though, the engine layout i mean, thermostat behind alternator is not a stroke of genius lol)
My girlfriend just bought a puma black and its a great deal of fun, problem is she is overheating.
Now the problem is:
Im driving along at a normal speed and engine gets up to operating temp in about ten mins then will sit at half way on the gauge for about half an hour then suddenly start fluctuating between half way and in the red (fan kicks in to try its hardest to keep it cool)
then eventually it will just sit in the red at which point i switch her off to avoid possible damage.
Now in my opinion from working with cars for a fair few years its going to be one of a number of things.
1. possible air lock
2. sticky thermostat
3. water pump damage (ie pulley is spinning and sometimes pump inside is not spinning)
i have done multiple searchs and have seen alot of threads with puma's overheating.
just after anyones opinions?
great site brilliant car amazing handling (stupid design though, the engine layout i mean, thermostat behind alternator is not a stroke of genius lol)