2000 Vauxhall Astra cooling system

Car: Vauxhall Astra
Year: 2000
Variant: 1.8 sxi manual
Categories: Leaks & Noises
Everytime i use the car it smells like its over heating, there are no leaks and the tempriture is fine, ive changed the coolant and the thermostat but it still smells, any ideas please.
Posted: Mar 13, 2012 (12 years ago)
check heater matrix , these can smell if they have become blocked , you maybe able to bypass the matrix by inserting some pipe into the heater hoses, if the smell goes then thats your problem , hellish things to change though
Posted Mar 15, 2012 (12 years ago)

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