Hello
My car ('59 series 2, 2.25 petrol) has just started violently overheating.
It's just been mostly rewired, after spending a few months standing.
After about 5 minutes of idling, the temperature needle shoots off the scale and (after a little longer) the engine bay fills with steam.
To complicate things, I can't find a drain plug anywhere on the radiator and the engine isn't original.
The VIN number shows that the car was built with the early diesel but I know (it's fairly obvious) that the car now contains a 2.25 litre petrol, and it's clearly been in the car for many years.
Also, my radiator cap has fallen apart, with only the very top bit - minus the spring loaded part - remaining.
Personally, my suspicions include the thermostat (possibly broken), a radiator blockage (which I'm struggling to do anything about since I can't find a drain plug) and possibly a water pump problem.
I've, almost certainly, forgotten something, but that is roughly my problem.
My car ('59 series 2, 2.25 petrol) has just started violently overheating.
It's just been mostly rewired, after spending a few months standing.
After about 5 minutes of idling, the temperature needle shoots off the scale and (after a little longer) the engine bay fills with steam.
To complicate things, I can't find a drain plug anywhere on the radiator and the engine isn't original.
The VIN number shows that the car was built with the early diesel but I know (it's fairly obvious) that the car now contains a 2.25 litre petrol, and it's clearly been in the car for many years.
Also, my radiator cap has fallen apart, with only the very top bit - minus the spring loaded part - remaining.
Personally, my suspicions include the thermostat (possibly broken), a radiator blockage (which I'm struggling to do anything about since I can't find a drain plug) and possibly a water pump problem.
I've, almost certainly, forgotten something, but that is roughly my problem.
