overheating

Asked by ricardo Apr 12, 2017 at 05:00 AM about the Opel Astra

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hi .i have a opel corsa bakkie 1998 model
1400.i have put in a new thermostat,new
waterpump and new radiator ,but my engin
keeps on getting hot and cuts out .the
heatgauge shows normal and the fan works
normal when this happens.i can only drive
for about 8kilometres then the engin is very
hot and cuts out .then i have to stand for
half an hour start up again an drive a nother
couple of kilometres before it cuts out again
and when this happens the celerator doesnt
work .

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

You may have to purge the cooling system from the air pockets, if you had not already done so. Here is how to purge the cooling system... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpXgAJ1gjU

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