sounds like a head gasket except you aren't loosing any water. mmmmmmm, tricky.....have you tried flushing the radiator? Do all the pipes to and from the radiator get hot? given it is the head expect to pay £200 includung skimming. It's a 4 hour job.
Hope somebody on here can give me a second opinion on this...
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> I have a Peugeot 306 xsi (96 n reg) with 95k on the clock. I drive it about
> 40 miles each day on the motorway to work.
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> About 2 weeks ago, I noticed the engine was getting hot and running over its
> usual 90 degree. This gradually got worse until
> yesterday it completely overheated. All this time I've been checking the
> coolant in the radiator and all seems fine.
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> I suspected it was maybe an air lock, the water pump or the thermostat etc > etc.
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> I took it to my local garage (not peugeot), they changed the thermostat and
> nothing has changed. They say the head gasket has
> blown and looking at the head/block there is quite a bit of gunk around it
> and when it overheats liquid bubbles out of some screws in the head. >
> They also replaced the thermostat which hasn't fixed anything and if
> anything the car is now worse since I got it back from this garage. It now
> misfires and does not idle correctly, so what the hell they've done to it I
> don't know.
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> Thing is there is no sign of water in the oil/dipstick (no white goo), which
> I'm lead to believe is a sign of gasket failure.
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> I should also mention the water in the radiator boils.
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> I phoned around for some quotes, my local garage are quoting around £600 for
> head gasket replacement and more with skimming..
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> I phoned my local peugeot dealership and they want 65+VAT an hour and reckon
> it is a 12 HOUR JOB !!! so £780 + VAT without parts and without skimming. >
> Can anyone recommend me a good PEUGEOT specialist in NORTH EAST
LONDON/SOUTH
EAST ESSEX where I can get a head gasket replacement and skimming done at a
> reasonable price ??? the car is only worth about 2.5k so I don't want to be
> spending a grand on it.
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> Thanks for your time and help.
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