Ford Galaxy Tdi Over Heating

[nottingham-lee]

hi this is my first posting on here i hope that someone can help.

 

i have a galaxy tdi 2000 mark2 (xreg). i have got an over heating problem. this started about three days ago. when i start up from cold i only drive around 5 minites and the temp has gone up to 90c half way and there is no heat comeing from the heater just blowing cold. tipicaly the car would take around 5 miles for the temp gage to even move and start to blow warm. but now its moveing to to half way very qwicly. if im driveing around town it will stay like this. but when i go onto faster roads driveing 60-70 speeds the temp gage will go into the red and it will say stop on the instrement pannel.

 

so my first thought was to change the thermastate it was still the same so i tryed it with out. still no difference. i have flushed the rediator out with hose pipe. now im running out of ideas? could it be the water pump? when i tuke out the thermastate i could see the impeller plades inside the engine so i put my hand in there and i was able to move them. fully rotate them around. is the normal should this be possible or does it indicate a problem with the pump.

 

can anyone help i dont want to change the pump for nuthing.

 

thanks nottingham-lee

[studsmassive]

if no belts were removed then you should not be able to move impeller hope this helps and best of luck

[tim-spam]

The plastic impeller has come loose on the shaft, so a new water pump is needed - the new ones have metal impellers. Because you have to remove the cam belt to change the water pump, if it has been some time since the last change, it would be a good idea to renew this and the tensioner and idler pulleys - VW dealers do a kit with all the right parts in.

[seatkid]

The plastic impeller has come loose on the shaft, so a new water pump is needed - the new ones have metal impellers. Because you have to remove the cam belt to change the water pump, if it has been some time since the last change, it would be a good idea to renew this and the tensioner and idler pulleys - VW dealers do a kit with all the right parts in.

 

Exactly

[Floydey]

If you are not getting any heat inside the vehicle it may also suggest that the feed to the heater matrix or the matrix itself is blocked.

[davec]

M doing my 04 1.9cambelt and tensioner change a week saturday,have ordered new allen bolts for crank pulley .Its just coming up to 40000 miles when did they change to alloy impellors if anyone knows as if I have plastic I'll change it.No heating probs at the moment thank god

[gregers]

your doing the cam belt at 40k?why? as yours is a 04 then its 60k.

unless your doing it for peace of mind? ;)

[davec]

according to Fraud dealer in Daventry its 5years or 40000 miles i'd be delighted if it was 60k as weve had it from new and treated it gently ;)

[gregers]

if you do a search on here it has been said that early 2003 then the cam belt interval changed to 60k,i know mine was changed at around 60k.

 

this is just 1 of many on the subject,

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...cam+belt+change

[davec]

found a post in the FAQ as well so I am confused but have bought the bits now so I don't know whats best.I know people I can ring at Daventry Ford depot with engine number thought service book said 40k but may be wrong Dont mind doing it did my mitsubishi a couple of months ago but dont want to unnecesarily disturb things.Go abroad a few times a year and I certainly dont want it going when I'm abroad and scrapping it as its only worth a few k but its worth a lot to me. Thanks for the info anyway.

[davec]

the service book says five years or 60 k whichever comes first si I'd best get on with it lol