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[benjy44]

yeah on the oil filler and neck its quite gooey

[feeutfo]

it doesnt misfire tho sounds ok when its running

Clean breathers and replace cam cover gaskets and o rings with genuine as the guide before it does misfire. Not too bad diy.

How does the over heating show itself, on the gauge obviously but any bubbles in the water bottle? Is the cap secure, is the bottle sealed, does the level rise?

[Kneepad]

it doesnt misfire tho sounds ok when its running

It soon will if this is not remedied.

Also I suspect the smoke you are seeing is white which is more water vapour than smoke. This again is not uncommon especially with this cold weather.

[feeutfo]

yeah on the oil filler and neck its quite gooey

Bah, nout to worry about, use Gm oil and take it for a blast.

It's purely the fact that the filler sits in colder air away from the engine that causes condensation to build up. Unless there is masses of it of course, but you say the dip stick looks normal so that's fine.

[benjy44]

yeah on the gauge and i tried taking the cap off and the coolant just flies out the tank its got a newish cap on it about 6month old think the level stays the same cap is secure.

[feeutfo]

yeah on the gauge and i tried taking the cap off and the coolant just flies out the tank its got a newish cap on it about 6month old think the level stays the same cap is secure.

It will over flow if hot, it's a pressurised system. What temp are you seeing?

[benjy44]

its ok when left ticking over on drive.but when you drive it just goes into the red and the light comes on and it stays there.waterpump maybe?

[feeutfo]

its ok when left ticking over on drive.but when you drive it just goes into the red and the light comes on and it stays there.waterpump maybe?

Possible for sure, we are narrowing it down to that I think? Have you any history to say when it was cast done? Sometimes the impeller blades brake off....? It is recommended to to the pump with the cam belt.

[benjy44]

ill have to look through the history to see if its been done so the cam belt has to be done to i no the cam belt was done 30,000 ago the cars only done 70,000

[feeutfo]

10 k left on cam belt and I'd be surprised if the water pump has been changed, I'd also be surprised if the water pump has failed in70k :-?

Has it had any rad weld or similar in it perhaps?

[benjy44]

yes it had some rad weld in it when i first got it because it had a water leak