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C max 1.6 tdci temperature fluctuations

teddyw
teddyw
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Hello everyone,

Maybe someone could help me with mystery I'm having with my ford cmax 1.6 tdci 2014.

I bought it with faulty head gasket, it was replaced together with water pump, thermostat housing with thermostat and temp sensor, timing belt. 

And now I keep having this issue with temp fluctuation. I go on motorway,engine heats up to normal temp and when I go to town, stop at the red light and later driving away temp starts dropping all the way to the bottom, I release accelerator ant temp goes back up to normal, change gear accelerate and temp goes down, release it and it goes back up.

Work was done at a good garage, they cannot see any issue, because every time I go there it's not happening. And they did bleed the system. Water levels not changing, heating working fine.

This morning when I was driving temp didn't even go up and radiator fan kicked in, even acceleration went crazy, was going up when I press the clutch, I restarted the engine and then it was fine, fan stopped running and acceleration was fine.

Did anyone have similar issue or does anyone know what is happening with this car?

Thank you in advance 

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    Did you ever find what the fault was 

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    37 minutes ago, gjames said:

    Did you ever find what the fault was 

    @teddyw is a "One Post Wonder" so don't expect a reply.

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    Thanks for letting me know 

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