Engine overheating warning

IGBT · 17 Dec 2023 at 10:53

Hi all. I have a Mondeo 2016 and yesterday whilst driving to a place I got the engine overheating warning and noticed that the speed was being limited. However after some minutes the tempereture indicator went from maximum to normal (middle).
I then checked the coolant and noticed that the liquid level was way below minimum. I topped it up on the way back and the car did the same thing. There was no leak because the reservoir level was at the same level.

Does anyone know what might be the issue or what might be causing this? Could it be a sensor issue?

IGBT · 17 Dec 2023 at 11:47

Not in seconds but maybe 3 minutes or so. I don’t have anything of that, but would this something easy to fix in any garage?

IGBT · 22 Dec 2023 at 09:59

Hi all, thank you all for your inputs. Managed to get time to take the car to the garage. Luckily they had availability. The issue was in the water pump. So they had to change all that kit including the timing belts like Meatball suggested.

What a pain and the fact of having to deal with an unexpected bill.

Thank you all and merry Christmas.

IGBT · 22 Dec 2023 at 19:50

Nemiyen said:
Glad to hear the issue is resolved. That's an interesting one for me because I'd expect it to get hot and stay hot as the pump isn't working right. Unless it was sticking but I guess that depends where it is in the engine process because when they stick they can shred the cambelt!

Hopefully you're able to absorb the cost of the repair as I know a lot of people would struggle with a bill like that, especially around Christmas!

Yeah, they said like one side of the engine was getting the water pumped into but could get the water off. Something like that. It’s a big hit but at least the engine wasn’t affect, pfff!