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Shane1711
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Need some help and advise

i have a Ford Fiesta 2013 Zetec. The header tank has started bubbling and leaking when the car gets hot and has been stood for a moment of time on tick over

I have checked the head gasket and the pressure and all seem ok

 

am thinking thermostat could be sticking

 

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    Def sounds like a stuck thermo,if the head gasket is sound,but the head gasket can also break into the coolant system from combustion, can you see any white smoke out of the exhaust ? if you can have a sniff and put hand near exhaust and see if it feels sort of slippery shiny,this will indicate coolant burning in the combustion chamber.

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    19 minutes ago, Shane1711 said:

    Need some help and advise

    i have a Ford Fiesta 2013 Zetec. The header tank has started bubbling and leaking when the car gets hot and has been stood for a moment of time on tick over

    I have checked the head gasket and the pressure and all seem ok

     

    am thinking thermostat could be sticking

     

    I would go with thermostat

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    is the electric fan on the radiator running? do you have a temperature guage on the dash? what does it say?  I think facelift (mk7.5) has gauge but mk7 pre facelift does not. 

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