Temp at 114 C!!

[onedsla]

Hi - after a 200 mile drive with the engine temp running at about 89 - 95C down the motorway (normal for my car), when stuck in the London traffic it rose to 114C and started flashing.

I also felt a strange vibration through the floor / pedals when moving off from a low speed in 1st or 2nd gear - there was a quiet 'clunk' sound which accompanied this.

Any ideas what the problem may be - the vibration went after a brief stop, but the engine temp keeps rising to 100+ when stuck in traffic.

It's a 14 month old 111S. On the plus side I kept to a steady 60 - 70 and managed 48mpg!!

cheers,
Dave

[bogie]

thats not good - keep an eye on your coolant level...thats what happened to my car when it had head gasket failure a year ago...if you catch it early you should be OK - presume the car is still under warranty? - take it to the dealer for a checkup

[mister kevlar]

oh my god and i worried when mine went from 81 back to 77!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onedsla]

head gasket failure? Is this possible at 7800 miles???

[onedsla]

Bogie - which dealer do you use? I'm just up the road from Essex in Canary Wharf area...

[pley]

Is your fan coming on at 102?

[bogie]

Wilsons in chadwell heath - very good for warranty stuff anc overall service

[DanH]

Yeah wilsons are ok, and they pick my car up from Westferry. To be honest though if your car is a possible HG failure I'm not sure you want to drive it as you could end up lunching it. As Bogie says you need to get it looked at asap to minimise damage and even driving it to Essex could kill it. I guess its all covered by warranty, but an engine rebuild will take a lot longer than a gasket change.

[espresso lotus]

mister kevlar said:

oh my god and i worried when mine went from 81 back to 77!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmmm..... Mine was doing that the other day. It even dropped low enough for temp not to register! Then the choke started kicking in!
Apparently it's a thermostat fault.

[pley]

Duff connection

[onedsla]

Cheers guys - she's booked in for Tuesday next week (seems to be the earliest anybody can look at her) Poor baby

[steff]

onedsla said:

head gasket failure? Is this possible at 7800 miles???

Well mine went at 1000 miles...

[fergusd]

espresso lotus said:

mister kevlar said: oh my god and i worried when mine went from 81 back to 77!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmmm..... Mine was doing that the other day. It even dropped low enough for temp not to register! Then the choke started kicking in! Apparently it's a thermostat fault.

Temp reducing to a value too low to be read is unusual - that may actually be a real problem ;-(, but the temp will momentarily reduce when you accellerate the engine IF the radiator is cool, that's just the way the cooling system works . . .

Oh . . . there is no choke.

Fd

[tom_burnley]

fergusd said:

Temp reducing to a value too low to be read is unusual - that may actually be a real problem Fd

Dodgy Temp sensor - gotta be!!