Confusion over Peugeot fault & garage bill

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Flushing the system is very easy, you just disconnect the top and bottom pipes and out the coolant comes, a hosepipe in the top to help get everything out. Should be easy enough to tell if they've done it, have a look at the radiator pipe clips to see if they've been disturbed.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

Flushing the system is very easy, you just disconnect the top and bottom pipes and out the coolant comes, a hosepipe in the top to help get everything out. Should be easy enough to tell if they've done it, have a look at the radiator pipe clips to see if they've been disturbed.

How tricky is it to bleed the air out afterwards?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Not at all difficult with the engine running and someone manually massaging the pipes. Radiator or reservoir cap off to allow the air to be burped out. As the air comes out, put more coolant in.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

Not at all difficult with the engine running and someone manually massaging the pipes. Radiator or reservoir cap off to allow the air to be burped out. As the air comes out, put more coolant in.

i had to play with the wifes nipples to make her waterworks bleed

aliasojo

Thought I'd bump this to update.

Car is finally fixed. Turned out there was a hole in the radiator, hence the overheating. The garage's diagnostic prog still showed up a Cat problem so it must be 2 different things.

The car is running ok ... not overheating and the fan isn't coming on, but the temp guage is a bit erratic and swings up and down (although it's never in the red now).

The first garage had the car for 3 days so I'm surprised they didn't find the radiator problem. I'm also wondering if son checked the right thing when he originally checked the coolant levels.

Anyway, it's safer to drive now and all the warning lights are off so if there IS some sort of Cat problem lurking in the background, it surely can't be too serious. At least for now.

Thanks again for all your advice.

goldspanners

aliasojo wrote: »

Thought I'd bump this to update.

Car is finally fixed. Turned out there was a hole in the radiator, hence the overheating. The garage's diagnostic prog still showed up a Cat problem so it must be 2 different things.

The car is running ok ... not overheating and the fan isn't coming on, but the temp guage is a bit erratic and swings up and down (although it's never in the red now).

The first garage had the car for 3 days so I'm surprised they didn't find the radiator problem. I'm also wondering if son checked the right thing when he originally checked the coolant levels.

Anyway, it's safer to drive now and all the warning lights are off so if there IS some sort of Cat problem lurking in the background, it surely can't be too serious. At least for now.

Thanks again for all your advice.

the cat problem will have been the fact that the engine was overheating and the cat was far too warm.

espresso

aliasojo wrote: »

Thought I'd bump this to update.

Car is finally fixed. Turned out there was a hole in the radiator, hence the overheating. The garage's diagnostic prog still showed up a Cat problem so it must be 2 different things.................

Thanks for the update, it's nice when people can be bothered to post an update. I just hope that when the engine was overheating, it did not caused any damage!

aliasojo

I spoke too soon. The same engine light came on again last night.

No overheating problems and fan didn't come on though.

Looks like it's back to the garage again.

hewhoisnotintheknow

undo the battery for 1 hour and put it back on