94 WRX Over heating,please help T_T

Hi peeps,oki to save me writing the essay again ,im gonna copy n paste it from scooby nets,,sec.......oki heres my dilemma,hope yas can help ....finally got my scooby tax n insured,couldnt wait,off i popped out was fine through town,4-5 mins,hit the bypass,took it steady tho,didnt boot it,as not been drove for along time,1 yr ish..anywhoo,,temp shot up straight into the red,before even a mile...this was the problem when i bought the car she had,taken to garage,i bought new thermostat,new water pump,new radiator..so..wierd thing is ,she can tick over 40 mins plus and shes fine,soon as go out in her,even driving like a sunday driver ,lol,she still over heats,get bk home and she pisses out water from the coolant bottle,and last time,i cooled her down,filled her back up and it took 4 litres of water....please help guys if you can,pls pls dont say the heads,coz ill cry..600 pounds was last garage bill...:/

head gasket??

a boffin will be along shortly to gie a more accurate answer

your way up there,and im down ere T_T theres no way i can drive her,id have to stop every 5 min lol :/

Thanks guys,and yeah theyr'e saying the same thing on scoob net:/..biggest fear....2 young lads owned her before me,need i say more...shes cost me over a grand already,im not letting go this easy..

try header tank first or get a leakage test done

could be head gasket.

be careful who you choose to inspect it.

Get a pressure test done first as this should tell you what it is

then take it from there im sure someone on here should have a pressure testing kit and be able to have a look for you !

or i can let you use my kit as i have one if you are down this way and you have someone who knows what they are doing

oki update,today drained all water out,ran a rad flush through,filled up ,heat was blowing thru the vents like awesome,temp stayed fine..took it for a quick run other end of town,was fine,staying at speed limit she was oki..till i booted up a bank,blowers went cold,looked at temp,was to the max..this is what shes been doing all day,normal driving shes been fine but with no heat thru vents.just been to mc'ds,over heated on the 40 road,let her cool down,came back to town and she was fine,got nr enough home,heaters were working,temp was fine all way back,took a lil long way,before home to keep her going,booted a tiny bit,coz some corsa teen was up my butt..heaters went cold and temp back full..so yeah,,my uncle who ran the flush ect thinks its not the heads but a blockage somewhere...every lil journey ive done has been oki,till boot it a bit..please say now its not the heads XD oh and the bottom hose stays cold while everywhere else is boiling,but it was hot today when blowers were working alright...

Faulty thermostat or an air lock maybe ?

Sure someone will know on here

I am 100% confident it is the head gasket after that description.

Have a word with Drew, Andy K or FINN about a repair as these are the recommend people we all use and trust on the forum.

wrx/uk/ppp yeah i got a new thermo,water pump and a new Rad,only today after giving the flush and refill has there been any heat....Johnny,i been offered a engine with no probs for 400,inc delivery,,,sure this is the road to go down..so may ideas from people im still hoping its just air lock lol...i have nothing nasty comin from exhaust,jsut need to refill after a test drive all time,,,oh and flush came clear..maybe if i hadnt of booted her that bit,she might of been oki...i dunno what to do..been trying to get hold of the guy in west auckland who fitted all the new parts,prolly seen my number n thought F that! lol,ill keep yas updated and tytyty again for all ur help,its appreciated x

What is happening is the gasket is sealed when the cylinders are under normal operating pressure, when you put your foot down the boost rises and so does the in cylinder pressures, this pushes the cylinder gasses past the gasket into the water jacket of the engine.

Seen these very symptoms 100's of times.

A simple water system gas test will tell you either way.

is this test pricey? im not a pennysaver by all means but ive spent over a grand and aint drove her for it T_T,and where do i get one of these done,dont know any local garage in my town i can trust yet x p.s been told a guys name to contact,who they trust in my town,ill give them a ring on monday x

Any decent garage will do the test for nothing, the only one in your area I personally would steer clear of is Stablers.

Add Inline Garages to your cowboy list too,they had mine for 8 months !! they never did a scooby before and basically all they did was dismantle my engine and put it all in the boot,dash board was on back seat..all this ,was to find out why she wouldnt start.....8 months...took her to west auckland,he had her 2 days,1 day rebuilding her and next day finding out what was making her not strt..he had a list from inline what they had tried,so spent a full day,till 8 pm totally baffled,thought f it,and decided to go over their checks,,second thing he tried was the timing..bingo..8 months for a hours job,cost me 600 quid in garage bills..so yeah dont forward anyone on this site or friends outside it to them,,they beyond a joke

P.s theres a guy in percy road,Darlington and aparently ppl come form all over to go to him..so im gonna phone him on monday,i did get a few bits off him as he breaks alot of them. and then got told to try inline,as were new garage ect..shame i didnt stick with percy road one...so fingers crossed x

yup sounds like a head

The guy in darlow could be harvey ?

And im pretty sure he knows his shit lol

And the guys on here as johnny said are the ones we all get advice and do the work on our stuff so very highly recomemded

It sounds like head gasket all day long i'm afraid.

Get it to any decent garage and they will tell you for sure.

I'd say Deffo head gasket, sounds like you've changed everything else that it could be.

The test Finn is talking about is also called a 'sniff test'. We do them for a tenner so not expensive. It's basically a fluid that changes colour when it detects carbon in your coolant. If that's the case then it's Deffo head gasket.

unfortunatly its def head gaskets, i do them all the time and its them exact symptoms ur desrcibing, anyway to do the job rite i charge £600 all in which includes up rated multi layer steel head gaskets and 12 months unlimited milage warranty

Andy

pixie, i got my scooby rebuilt by harvey/darren on percy road. He was a spot on guy and deffo knows his stuff.
why dont you take it down there for a test? i can give you his number if you want?