water problem

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firstly i would just like to say hello to every one and ask the following: i have just purchased a 1990 sportrak from local auction, paid a not bad price for her as condition of body and interior realy good, however after driving her home from auction i discovered a lot of water running under car, after opening bonnet to investigate i discovered some one had put radwell or something similar in radiator to hide a leak coming from below dizzie cap, checked core plug but looks ok, got mate to check as he some sort of mechanic and he said it looks like a small pipe /hose below the dizzie could be burst so i have ordered one from local dealer. loss of water is only there when i turn engine off but it does settle and is only about a small cup loss.however my wife and i went a run this evening just to show the wife how it was runing (no jokes please) and i noticed temprature was quite high and and also fan did not come on but she does drive realy well and yes i have had her top of and it was great (car that is)any suggestions why high temp but not over heating and why fan not coming on, everything is working perfect except the above (fault that is

thanks

WATER LOSS

YOU COULD HAVE AIRLOCK IN SYSTEM AND IT COULD BE OVER HEATING. BECAUSE YOUR TEMP GAUGE WILL TELL YOU ITS RUNNING HOT AND YOUR FAN MIGHT NOT BECOMING IN BECAUSE IT DONT WORK. TAKE LEAD OFF RAD AND EARTH IT IF FAN WORKS YOUR THERMO SWITCH AS GONE

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water problem

cheers dave discovered it has a viscous fan as you say (thought these went out with cortinas)