Emergency Stop Light – Help Please

[HELLOM8]

I recently brought a 94 Pug 405 TD as a workhorse.
It’s not a bad car but the STOP Emergency light flashes from time to time, and also flashes a light on the temp gauge.
I have looked this up in the manual, which claims this is temp to high, but the gauge (which appears to work) sits at 80 degrees most the time and goes up a little in traffic.
Has anyone had this with a Pug or any car?, or have any advice what to do.
Cheers.
Ian.

[TheExcession]

HELLOM8 said:

I recently brought a 94 Pug 405 TD as a workhorse. It’s not a bad car but the STOP Emergency light flashes from time to time, and also flashes a light on the temp gauge. I have looked this up in the manual, which claims this is temp to high, but the gauge (which appears to work) sits at 80 degrees most the time and goes up a little in traffic. Has anyone had this with a Pug or any car?, or have any advice what to do. Cheers. Ian.

I have an old 205 1.6GTI where the temp gauge nails itself into the red and the stop light comes on. To be honest I can't find anything to indicate the engine is truly over heating and I'm putting the whole thing down to old/faulty electrics. Looks like the car coulddo with a rewire but I really can't be arsed and just live with it.

best
Ex

[Liszt]

This happened to my '89 405 just before the thermostat went. Also started to shower boiling water everywhere. Was not expensive to replace.

[bad boy]

TheExcession said:

I have an old 205 1.6GTI where the temp gauge nails itself into the red and the stop light comes on. To be honest I can't find anything to indicate the engine is truly over heating and I'm putting the whole thing down to old/faulty electrics. Looks like the car coulddo with a rewire but I really can't be arsed and just live with it. best Ex

i had a mate with simular problems on his 1.6 gti and it was overheating a new radiator fixed it but maybe you should get yours looked at? overheating seems to be common on 205 gtis

[TheExcession]

bad boy said:

i had a mate with simular problems on his 1.6 gti and it was overheating a new radiator fixed it but maybe you should get yours looked at? overheating seems to be common on 205 gtis

I back flushed the Rad with the garden hose for a while and that made things a little better. Lots of little bits of red instant gasket type stuff came out.

Also put a thermostat in it - previoius owner had obviously binned it to try and cure the over heating problem.

A lot of the boys in the rallying forums seemed to think my problem could've been down to a faulty temp sender unit - never triedthat tho.

So, lots of things to try but never any certain answers!

best
Ex

[HELLOM8]

Thanks Guys,
The water level was a little low, so topped it up and it's been ok since.
It has a little flicker of the light now and again when going up hill. Will flush the system through at the weekend and see what happens.
Cheers.
Ian.