maestro over heating HELP!!

[Adi]

Hi guys PLEASE help
i have had my head gasket done and still the water is over heating, thought it was a dogy fan but when by passed it still over heated!, so tired to change the thermomstat and it was so stuck on it broke so need new housing HINT HINT(if you have one laying around please help) told that if the water had not been circulating due to sticking thermo that may have been the problem with the car! but the temp from fan in car is warm by the way!!!!

[Adi]

HELP!!!!
maestro 1275 cc clubman on the L reg
43k
head gasket done, fan to radiator is working bypassed str8 through so no fan works, no pressure issues anymore thermostat housing was so tight it broke when i treid to goet it off today sharing the nuts off, now got nuts out thank you step dad, he seems to think the thermo was stuck and not circulating the water hense the over heating, fan in car does get warm.
i was ready to give up on her today but im second wind now and cant sleep so cheers adi

[G Force]

Hi Ali.

While you are sourcing a new housing, test the thermostat to see if it is actually working. Heat the thermostat in a pan of water along with a thermometer, check the stat opens at the correct temperature. The stat temperature will be stamped on it somewhere, 82C or 88C are the normal options.

With the weather being so extreme at the moment, if you don't have the correct antifreeze strength then the radiator could have frozen up.

[F825 UBD]

Sounds like could be thermostat. Does the radiator get warm while its overheating?

[maestego]

hopfully i have sorted a replacement from my old metro thermostat housing and he's of to buy new thermostat and 3 new blots aswell,good luck with the repair and well see you again at some point Adi

p.s ADI yes my mg monty with those tsw alloys do look the biss dont they

[Adi]

hi guys!
im still trying to source the bolts i havent got the third one i need so any help would be great! i only need one more then im al good and can get the car on the road
cheers adi

[maestego]

hi guys!
im still trying to source the bolts i havent got the third one i need so any help would be great! i only need one more then im al good and can get the car on the road
cheers adi


you can try the metro club aswell ADI;)

http://www.metroownersclub.org/index.html

[Adi]

cheers bud i did put a wanted on there too last nite so fingers crossed got an address to try today so will see
cheers anyway

[RobertP]

Hi
I guess you've done this by now. If not, when I broke two of the bolts on my 1.3 Maestro's 'stat housing, I got replacements quite easily from a local engineering company by matching the only survivor. The heads were different, but that didn't cause a problem. I think he said the threads were Whitworth but it was a while ago now.

[Jeff Turbo]

Hi
I guess you've done this by now. If not, when I broke two of the bolts on my 1.3 Maestro's 'stat housing, I got replacements quite easily from a local engineering company by matching the only survivor. The heads were different, but that didn't cause a problem. I think he said the threads were Whitworth but it was a while ago now.

Rimmers now sell these bolts.

[guussi]

i went thro 3no thermostats in my ragged old vectra 2.0i-i found a cheap thermostat replacement using a cardboard tube to fit it not the housing for cheapness-then i bought a low temp running thermostat which some will scoff at on here? cool running plugs are useful - blast thro the rad with hose to rid all the scale / rad wetter water / conditioner....new water pump?
dunno.com

on my GTE i had to fit 3no. helicoils as the threads stripped