I am not having good luck with my three 2,0 Hdi Berlingos this week.
One is up on the lift with a bad steering wobble, probably because of a damaged steering rack.
One just got stuck in reverse and the gear lever is flopping around like a dead fish. I hope it's just some linkages that have popped off and need replacing...
The third one has an unpleasant feeling problem... I suspect it may be quite expensive. Here are the symptoms... When I start it it drives ok mostly, but after about 5 or six km the temperature gauge pushes steadily up to just over 90 degrees, then starts to come down again and will sit at about 60 degrees for quite some time. The coolant warning light will blink on, and then will go off (it seems this mostly happens when I slow down, but that could be a coincidence). It seems a bit random, but I am using a lot of water... about 2 liters for a 20km trip, but sometimes it's a lot less... I can't put my finger on the problem. I drove 125km on Saturday without the warning light coming on and without the temperature going above 90, but after I stopped for twenty minutes the warning light was on, and the car took about 3 liters of water.
One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be some pressure build up in the coolant expansion bottle... when I open the top I can hear pressure releasing. To my mind this has always meant a blown head gasket... Am I likely looking at a gasket replacement / head skim? Or is it maybe something less serious like a water pump problem?
I have been thinking that I may have a thermostat that is faulty... shouldn't a thermostat kick in at about 70 degrees? I might have a combination of thermostat and leaking pipe somewhere.
Any ideas? Unfortunately I have to keep using this one at least until the weekend because it's my only one that runs currently.
Marc
One is up on the lift with a bad steering wobble, probably because of a damaged steering rack.
One just got stuck in reverse and the gear lever is flopping around like a dead fish. I hope it's just some linkages that have popped off and need replacing...
The third one has an unpleasant feeling problem... I suspect it may be quite expensive. Here are the symptoms... When I start it it drives ok mostly, but after about 5 or six km the temperature gauge pushes steadily up to just over 90 degrees, then starts to come down again and will sit at about 60 degrees for quite some time. The coolant warning light will blink on, and then will go off (it seems this mostly happens when I slow down, but that could be a coincidence). It seems a bit random, but I am using a lot of water... about 2 liters for a 20km trip, but sometimes it's a lot less... I can't put my finger on the problem. I drove 125km on Saturday without the warning light coming on and without the temperature going above 90, but after I stopped for twenty minutes the warning light was on, and the car took about 3 liters of water.
One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be some pressure build up in the coolant expansion bottle... when I open the top I can hear pressure releasing. To my mind this has always meant a blown head gasket... Am I likely looking at a gasket replacement / head skim? Or is it maybe something less serious like a water pump problem?
I have been thinking that I may have a thermostat that is faulty... shouldn't a thermostat kick in at about 70 degrees? I might have a combination of thermostat and leaking pipe somewhere.
Any ideas? Unfortunately I have to keep using this one at least until the weekend because it's my only one that runs currently.
Marc