cooling problem

[Tiki]

wondering if anyone can guess whats wrong. my car is absolutely fine in town and dosn't move from the 90 on my temp gauge until i get to 90km's+ then it slowly raises until it pretty much overheats at like 110 km's per hour. any thoughts?

[FlyBoy]

Re: cooling problem

Mine acted kinda like that when the water pump was done. If its the original water pump, its made of plastic and can crack and spin on the shaft. It may still work some of the time, but at speed its too much and starts to overheat.

[62degVR6]

Re: cooling problem

is it a 2.0L....? then yes water pump. the new ones have steel impellers

[Tiki]

Re: cooling problem

1.8T, lol if it is a water pump how much, i might just trade it in on a sir civic :/

[Mcrow]

Re: cooling problem

i might just trade it in on a sir civic :/

ouch

[Tiki]

Re: cooling problem

i know haha, cheaper on gas, kpro and its faster and i like the interior. just dont know if i wanna go away from the euro's

[100%VAGitarian]

Re: cooling problem

gonna cost about a grand for the pump.

[JustALilBit]

Re: cooling problem

I believe the total bill for the water pump when I had mine done about 2 years ago was around $900

[turbomeyers]

Re: cooling problem

not all waterpumps are upgraded .. the oem is still sh#t u need a hepu or gerba its a t belt job so 1050 with all the parts . go see george or come up to red deer to see me but demand the metal pump . roughly the same price

[R_Ethug]

Re: cooling problem

yep do the entire jobby

[Vulcan]

Re: cooling problem

What year is the car? Maybe you should just sell the car to me with a big fat discount :-)