Technical Panda Overheating

[lightweightmick]

It was probably your thermostat all along then... Metal vaned ones don't fail - but sounds like you did what I did with overfilling then which would eventually knack the bearing of course.

I put my cover back on today (now I've established I've no leaks...)
Yeah, took me around 20 mins (with pulley on) - I reckon the trick is to lever the bottom behind the pulley (er gently of course ) - if you can get the 2 lower protrusions behind the pulley while avoiding the toothed water pump drive pulley with the sleeve of the lower bolt hole... oh just **** it with a big hammer!

that's a first - I've been automatically censored! :devil:

 

[panda1408]

I was going to say I've never had trouble getting the cover back on, but if you are trying with the pulley on, then theres the problem, did you not take it off to do the belt?

 

[Torridon1]

Cover now back on. The process:
Jack up front and stick on axle stand, remove black plastic cover and expose bottom pulley from underneath, Ask my wife for help, I guide cover in from below. I thought We might end up stressed and arguing but was done first time, 30 seconds is all.
My revelation to you is that it is a two person job!

 

[the stig/130]

For a few months my 1993 CLX (christine) has been having a cold heater, standing traffic the guage starts to climb, gets near the red zone, fan kicks in, cools down to centre, read on here about waterpump being a plastic vane type,pipes are hot to near the heater but no further

 

[Pandadee]

My over heating was head gasket

 

[the stig/130]

A few things to look at then, waterpump,head gasket,themoastat,airlock,