simonej Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 hi, i have a 2006 ka sportafter the car has been running for 5 minutes, the expansion bottle boils over yet the rad and lower hose are still coldthe heater only blows hot air even when its turned offhave replaced the thermostat, heater control valve and head gasket and now looking at the water pumpi have heard that there is a dodgy batch of heater control valves, is this the case? im not sure where to go from here as nothing is working at all any help is appreciatedthank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 i would open the breather to get rid of any air in the system first you may have to do it a couple of times as it sound like you may have an air lock. see link http://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-bleed-air-from-your-cooling-system 2 check hoses are all getting warm if not repeat 1 3 the heater matrix located below heater control valve maybe blocked 4 see vids below 5 check the water pump has power to it if it has then perhaps replace it as it may have failed see vids below as the fiesta will be pretty much the same as the ka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonej Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 thank you, will try this today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 you can try running the car with the top loose on the expansion bottle as that may well allow the water to go around the system and bleed out the airlock but make sure you have water handy to fill it up and keep looking for air cumming out. dont overfill and dont allow to run dry and use gloves and glasses incase hot water escapes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 4 hours ago, simonej said: thank you, will try this today did you get it sorted ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 hi simonej did you get the water issue sorted and what was the cause ??? if you reply with your fix it does help others to sort their issues out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omendata Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Nice try Delboy - maybe you should add a footer to your replies like mine lol And maybe not - nothing seems to elicit a bit of common courtesy , makes you wonder why you bother eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 i totally agree omendata. peeps want help but wont give feedback. i recon if they dont we should be able to score them so we can see if they are worth helping in the future and go onto remove them as they are parasites i recon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omendata Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Yeah too true Martin , I can see on the "Stumped" post you are getting a bit frustrated lol Gotta laugh otherwise !Removed! cry! but also when people post the results it can help people later on who might have the same issue and avoiding duplicate posts. I mean how many times have you been asked the old thermostat problem or wateringress from blocked pollen filters ones? Would be nice if problems could all be grouped into folders like:- Heating/thermostat issues Starting problems Misfire problem Water leak problem Bodywork problems All the common ones. Good idea on removing the parasites but they would just create a new login so isnt much you can do unless you are a mod and can grab their ip address or their browser signature and ban them from that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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