Overheating, pump not working, air bubbles, exhaust smoke (13-11-2011).mp4

[EgoShredder]

Happy to say all the noise from the previous timing belt has gone, and the car runs at a lower temperature while driving. The radiator A/C fan is coming on when it should and is very quiet (the old one was very noisy). The fog light I bought second hand from Ebay in March this year, is now fitted and working.

[EgoShredder]

Car has been repaired at a cost of £601.42 inc. VAT of which £247.50 was labour costs.

I had the following parts fitted (prices include VAT):

(1) Water pump £32.70

(2) Radiator £74.34

(3) Radiator fan £97.20

(4) Timing kit £70.74

(5) Brake discs £22.92 each

(6) Brake pads £22.44 per pair

(7) Antifreeze £4.26 per litre

[EgoShredder]

I'm getting the car back tomorrow, so hopefully everything will be ok and hopefully the air con still works and the heater matrix. I hear sometimes fixing other related stuff can cause these to stop working.

[EgoShredder]

Last Thursday afternoon some diagnostic equipment confirmed hot water was being pumped around the system, because the tools traced the heat as it travelled around the car. The radiator was leaking and probably caused air to get in and cause the overheating problem. The left cooling fan had died and needed replacing, which I already suspected anyway.

The cam-belt and water pump have been replaced because the belt has done 59,000 miles of mainly motorway driving I think and I was feeling nervous!