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2001 Opel Corsa overheating problems in South Africa

Name: overheating
Item: 2001 Opel Corsa
Rating: 4.5
Author: David

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Date:	January 9, 2012, 1:01 pm
Name:	David
Location:	South Africa, Port Elizabeth
Vehicle:	Opel Corsa
Year:	2001
Modification:	no
General comments:	just don:t know anymore what it could be????
Problems:	Car overheating but fans come on as normal and coolant circulating as normal.have done test on head gasket,thermostat,replaced radiator extension coolant tank cap,problem went away but now back after 3days,fans now don,t go off as temperature stays to high around 95degrees,had heater valve replaced,is it possible the heater valve somehow is causing this?the cars heater inside is not working aswell when the car is hot it blows cold air in cabin? why are the fans not cooling the car down?
Previous car:	opel superboss

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January 25, 2012, 7:25 am from: Louis

Hi David. I'm from JHB.
Do you have to fill up with water regularly? Is the car losing water?

My 99 Corsa Utility 1.6iS had a similar problem and nobody could find the fault.
Eventually they replaced a "split unit pipe?" somewhere where the pipes from the radiator and the aircon split (split unit in aircon models). Nobody could trace the fault as the car leaked water directly onto the manifold and immediately evaporated, so by the time the mechanics could look at it all traces of leaks were gone!
It cost me about R3500 for different mechanics to try and find the problem, where the actual replacing of the part / labour was just over R1000!!!

Hope this helps :-)

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