hi. sister has a 2008 ve omega v6. water pump had a weep so replaced it and radiator hoses and radiator cap with one from supercheap. anyway. seemed that more coolant deained then i could fill???
let it idle for ages untill got hot while adding small amout of coolant then put cap on and took for drive. seemed good....stayed at 1/4 on guage. went home.....sister went home (bout 10 k away) and when she was about home the temp shot up to 3/4 and fans stayed on after she turned car off.
so checked coolant and added about a liter. took for long drive at 100kph etc .....about a 25 k drive. seemed good.
checked coolant this morning and was.fine. she drove to work which is about 5 k away from her home... was good.....drove home later in day and temp atarted riseing to half but at this stage she was home.
on the didgital readout temp was at 97c and went up to 109c when driveing at 100kph then back down and up again.....but on guage it stayed at around 1/4. is 100c to hot or fine forbthese engines?
....what have i missed? does this sound like a bad radiator cap?? was new but who knows.
let it idle for ages untill got hot while adding small amout of coolant then put cap on and took for drive. seemed good....stayed at 1/4 on guage. went home.....sister went home (bout 10 k away) and when she was about home the temp shot up to 3/4 and fans stayed on after she turned car off.
so checked coolant and added about a liter. took for long drive at 100kph etc .....about a 25 k drive. seemed good.
checked coolant this morning and was.fine. she drove to work which is about 5 k away from her home... was good.....drove home later in day and temp atarted riseing to half but at this stage she was home.
on the didgital readout temp was at 97c and went up to 109c when driveing at 100kph then back down and up again.....but on guage it stayed at around 1/4. is 100c to hot or fine forbthese engines?
....what have i missed? does this sound like a bad radiator cap?? was new but who knows.