FTO AUSTRALIA

Hey

So recently one of my coolant pipes just exploded randomly from 10 minutes of driving. I assume it was from old age and rust so I went and got that fixed. But now I am running with the issue where the car is overheating when I start driving for a while or driving at highway speeds for a few minutes. It will cool down to normal temperature when it starts to idle or I'm not accelerating. I'm just not too sure what the issue and the mechanic isn't too sure either.

Would anyone have any ideas? And if this is common with ftos by any chances?

Thanks, I appreciate any help.

last time that happened to me I had to get a new radiator.

Also what style front bar do you have?

How long has it been since it has seen a new water pump? Could be cavitation in the pump, especially if the system has a lot of corrosion.

silverGPX wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:08 pm last time that happened to me I had to get a new radiator.

Also what style front bar do you have?

The f**k has a front bumper got to do with it?

Oh, ok thanks I'll mention a potential radiator issue and water pump issue to the mechanic to see if he can look into it.
Also I have a veilside front bumper.
Thanks for the help so far
Hoping it's nothing big

The reason I ask about the bar is critical as the veil side limits airflow to one spot, which is the mouth.

If you have a number plate mounted on the mesh it can over heat the car.

I had it there and it overheated my car on the highway so I had to move it to the side, alternatively some people mount it to the main section in the middle.

Anyone who uses veilside deserves it.

getonit wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:57 pm Anyone who uses veilside deserves it.

Yeah got rid of that bar in the end, went to dwaynes.

So i got the water pump replaced and the car still overheats
Anyone else have any common ideas or should be next step be to look into a radiator. I might just go to a more specialised mechanic because my usual one wasnt sure what the problem was.

Thanks

Have you had the radiator checked? Get a leak down test done as well.

I got another check up and he said i have a slight leaking head gasket which will cost me a couple thousand to fix :/. He told me to get a new car haha rip

couple of thousand, get a new car. sounds like a fuckwit

mezje wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:56 pm couple of thousand, get a new car. sounds like a fuckwit

Yeah I'm going to go to another mechanic for a second opinion . I don't want to lose my fto nor spend a couple thousand on it though.

Where are you located? Most mechanics don't know anything about these cars and don't want to work on them.

mezje wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:13 pm Where are you located? Most mechanics don't know anything about these cars and don't want to work on them.

Yeah true I guess. I'm in castle hill, Sydney. Do you have any mechanic recommendations by any chance?
Thanks