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Josh Clarke
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Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 02:21 pm, by:  Josh Clarke (Qonder) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Recently went single turbo,
Ever since have had a lot of overheating issues.
Radiator was boiling into the overflow bottle.
and a couple of weeks later it blew the hose to the engine and made a huge mess on the side of the high way,
Everytime I start the car I get the oil warning light.
All the oil levels are good though.
The new turbo is oil cool only would this cause a problem?
How can I fix this issue?
Thanks Josh
Adam Foster
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Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 06:18 pm, by:  Adam Foster (Adam) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sounds like thermostat or blocked radiator. but chances are you have done a headgasket now
Adam Foster
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Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 06:19 pm, by:  Adam Foster (Adam) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

is the oil warning light message oil pressure or oil level? if its level then the sender will need to be replaced, if its pressure take it to the mechanic and get it checked
Josh Clarke
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Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 06:27 pm, by:  Josh Clarke (Qonder) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

it's the oil level I am fairly sure.
On the bottem right of the display,
The oil has good levels and is not milky at all,
My first thoughts were the thermostat and radiator.
But just don't know how to make sure.
A new radiator and an oil cooler should overcome this problem though right?
Guy Moore
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Monday, September 27, 2010 - 08:53 am, by:  Guy Moore (Thesoarerguy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Try flushing your oil thoroughly.

Maybe its gotten a bit dirty the sender giving a false reading.

Give it a good flush with some nulon oil flush

As for the radiator I would say it would be blocked as mine kept cooking like that and ended up cracking the top tank.

Once I removed the top tank tank and had a look only a third of the radiator was actually unblocked the rest had crap everywhere.

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