Scudetto
26-02-2007, 12:21 PM
Troops,
I used the Polo (1998, 1.4 auto, 93,000miles) yesterday and it drove fine, no problemos. I started it up from cold this morning and as I was getting my seatbelt on/tunes sorted etc, the water temp warning light started flashing. I don't think it's out of coolant (two weeks ago it was full), and I don't think there's a head gasket problem, so I was wondering whether it could be the water pump, or a thermostat playing up? (in addition to dodgy connections maybe?) Yesterday, I drove along some muck covererd roads in the rain, and I wonder if maybe some muck has spashed up and affected a sensor maybe?
Any ideas?
Anyway the light was flashing this morning, so I turned off the engine and used the Clio instead. I'll do some more checks tomorrow. Is it dangerours to the engine to drive the car to a garage with the temp light flashing?
Many thanks,
g
I used the Polo (1998, 1.4 auto, 93,000miles) yesterday and it drove fine, no problemos. I started it up from cold this morning and as I was getting my seatbelt on/tunes sorted etc, the water temp warning light started flashing. I don't think it's out of coolant (two weeks ago it was full), and I don't think there's a head gasket problem, so I was wondering whether it could be the water pump, or a thermostat playing up? (in addition to dodgy connections maybe?) Yesterday, I drove along some muck covererd roads in the rain, and I wonder if maybe some muck has spashed up and affected a sensor maybe?
Any ideas?
Anyway the light was flashing this morning, so I turned off the engine and used the Clio instead. I'll do some more checks tomorrow. Is it dangerours to the engine to drive the car to a garage with the temp light flashing?
Many thanks,
g