water coming out of resovoir like a geaser

**ade hammond** · 22nd July 2009, 14:57

Every time i stop the car and switch off the engine water blows out of the resovoir, its fine when running even on tickover and the temp gauge is stable no sign of over heating. Ive changed the water pump,radiater and thermostat but due to being put on short time at work have now run out of dollars

, i'm thinking of dusting of the old tool box and taking the cylinder head off to check the condition of the head and gasket, does anyone have any idea's as to what could be causing this problem before i take off the cylinder head. chears Ade

**merikiito** · 22nd July 2009, 15:52

Where does the water level sit when cold? Is it at the marked level on the container?

Any signs of water in the oil? (take off oil filler cap and is there any white mess)

Any signs of oil in the water container?

Is there antifreeze in the water?

Does the rad fan come on when it gets too hot?

**ade hammond** · 22nd July 2009, 21:20

hi thanks for your reply,
there is no sign of any contamination in the oil or the water and no white in or around the oil filler cap, I top it up to the fill line when cold with summer coolant,then after it blows there is normaly about one inch of water left in the header tank, the fan does come on when it gets too hot.
cheers Ade.

**merikiito** · 22nd July 2009, 22:21

Well thats me confused, maybe an air lock somewhere. Does the heater work?
Might be worth giving it a run/thrash with the heater full on and see if that clears it

**davidjameswest** · 22nd July 2009, 22:41

leave it running with the heater on full on hot and leave the cap of the water bottle to let any air out mate sonds like a blocked water pipe and its building pressure up some where, pipes get blocked some times

**ade hammond** · 24th July 2009, 11:02

Thanks for that I will try that today and let you know, fingers crossed, cheers Ade

**Deztroyer** · 24th July 2009, 11:38

ade,

Fill the system by slowly pouring the coolant into expansion tank until it is up to filler neck.

Using a small screwdriver ,lift up the wire clip securing the left hand heater hose to the heater matrix pipe stub,and disconect the hose from the stub.

Additionally,on 1.9 ltr engines,open the bleed screw in the coolant pipe above the exhaust manifold.

As soon as coolant begines to run from the heater matrix,push the sucuring wire clip back into position on the heater hose end fitting ,then push the hose back onto the matrix pipe stub.

Ensure that the wire clip securly locks the hose in position.

close the coolant pipe bleed screw as soon as coolant emerges.

as per the manual

hope this helps

regards

Dez

**jamesworts** · 28th July 2009, 22:16

has anyone thought that maybe the pressure cap is stuffed??

seen this quite a lot!

**ade hammond** · 28th August 2009, 19:36

Well it was the pressure cap the wrong one fitted

the car is now up and running in time to fetch my new born grandson and mom from hospital:-)
a big THANKS for all your help guys couldnt have done it with out all the input from the forums.
CHEERS Ade