My dad bought a Rover 414,it appeared in very good condition.Since he bought it a few months back,he's had a few minor faults with it.Now the latest is the engine seems to be over heating.To stop it from over heating fully,he puts the heater on high which lowers the temp.gauge a bit.He took it to a garage where they replaced the thermostat.He comes away with the car,then finds the next day the temperature gauge has risen again,about 15 after starting up,it rises straight to the top,just like before.On contacting the garage,they said,they had checked it afterwards and it was ok.In the meantime they've told him to just keep switching on the heater,and if it overheats properly then bring it back.This is just no acceptable.

Does anybody have any idea what is causing this to happen? There is no water leaks at all,or any steam coming from the radiater ,and having loosened the nut,that supposedly let pout any steam,no steam comes out and its cold.He's tried driving normally without applying the heater but he can then feel the engine heating up.Any ideas?

Cheryl, March 2009

try taking your thermostat out the car it wont hurt it but will just take longer to get warm that would be my 1st thing to check

bob, March 2009

check radiator..is it uniformly hot or is it cold in places.are pipes from engine hot..is there heating in car or is it cold??if no heat to car and radiator not hot then it's either water pump failed or radiator / heater matrix blocked not allowing heat to pass uniformly.

also...check connection of temp guage sensor...this too will have an impact on how hot car appears to get

Tony, March 2009