CharlieGSXR

I'm gonna have to pull out as my piston rings have failed on me, so enjoy yourself guys!

Picked car up today! It was the thermostat! Thank goodness!!

Are both fans running|? and no they wont tun off until the coolant temp has got to a point where the sensor is triggered,

i would say by what you have described that its likely that its the head gasket.

I believe both fans are working

The car is either getting sent back to the UK to get fixed over here or getting done in Germany so this will be interesting

Hi guys,

Im in the middle of a european road trip and on thursday i did the nurburgring.

On finishing i looked at the temp gauge and it was above the red! The fan was on.

Immediatly parked up, turned the engine off and popped bonnet.

There was coolant spitting out the res, boiling over and was right at the top!

Left the car to cool down for 30 mins and then came back tovit and it was still very hot but drivable.

We had to move the car off site so drove it down the road but the engine still climbed in temp so got to the neqrest car park and rung the RAC. Opened bonnet while waiting and saw the coolant res had dropped right down.

Had the car recovered and now it has a suspected heat gasket failure.

Has anybody had this happen? Or is there something else it could be?

So now im in italy in a Opel Meriva which i drove around the stelvio pass yesterday and my beautiful Zed in somewhere in Germany.

Key points - engine fan turns on but not off until car has been left ffor hours to cool. Coolant res changed levels. Temp gauge stays high for a long time

HELP!!!

Saw this on Facebook about a zxr400 engine

Well its all gone t/7s up, got to the nurburgring and when i finished i looked at my temperature gauge and it was sky high.

Opened the bonnet to cool it down and the coolant res was overflowing and boiling over.

Got the car cooled down and drove it down the road and then pulled in a car park as it happened again.

Called RAC ('ACE' in Germany) and they recovered it.

Looks like the head gasket has gone!

Now I'm in an Opel Meriva 1.6 ecoflex....... Yay

Did the stelvio pass in it today, i really explored the levels of grip in that!

Does anyone know if i can get the gasket done?

Car is a 2005(55) with 68,000 miles FSH

Saw you going past Shell petrol station by willan lake and went out of my way to chase you!!

Black 05 plate on black alloys

Brilliant! Welcome!

i cant use the key fob at my work so i have to press the internal lock button on the door handle and then shut the door - no alarm is set but doors are all locked

if i wasn't going away on wednesday i would so have this!!

can you post some pics of the rear and that spoiler! i like the look of that!

Just went out for a quick drive down a bumpy industrial estate and the noise seems to have gone! just in time as heading to the nurburgring and the stelvio pass on wednesday!!

 

I brought my bits from CS and my garage fitted them

 

I changed the compression arm aka banana arm

 

Good stuff, I bet it's a relief driving with no knocking now!

 

 

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come 6pm i'll take it home and then i can finally drive normally

It's so embarrassing as it got incredibly loud

Saw a blue 350 with Nismo spoiler in Beverley yesterday at around 5.55pm

Anyone on here?

Just went out for a quick drive down a bumpy industrial estate and the noise seems to have gone! just in time as heading to the nurburgring and the stelvio pass on wednesday!!

I brought my bits from CS and my garage fitted them

I changed the compression arm aka banana arm

Car is on ramps now having new arms fitted so will find out soon!!

Welcome aboard!!

What was your last car??

Welcome enjoy it when you get her!!!

Saw you driving past tesco's towards Hatters way

Grey nismo spoiler import plate

When do they usually go? or how do i find out if mine is on its way out?

my list -

Passed test at 17 - Ford Galaxy 2.3 petrol

then went to a Toyota Corolla 1.6 vvt

then the 350z brought for my 21st

Bike list is:

Piaggio NRG50

Honda CBR125R

Kawasaki ZXR400 L9

Suzuki GSXR750 K7

Welcome!!

Cougar Store is well worth the travel! I went there yesterday and was very impressed with what i saw. I will be coming back!

Just finalising our trip....Going to get AA European insurance just in case, the 335 isn't the most reliable car to take on a 2000 miles jaunt, wouldn't surprise me one bit if we end up doing half the trip in a rental car whilst the 335 gets sent back to see Mitz/Andy at the garage

 

Looks very similar to ours, what problems have you had in the BMW? What age is it?

When are you going?

I belong to another car club and our regular meets are at Caldecotte Arms in Milton Keynes.

Great place with plenty of parking.

Might be worth thinking about for another time.

http://www.fayre-square.com/pub/caldecotte-arms-caldecotte-milton-keynes/p1299/

What clubs this then??

I'm in, only 26miles from me