Car overheating repairs in North Parramatta
from $350
★ 5.0 41 Google reviews MVRL 62840 12-month / 20,000 km warranty 24 years' experience Open 7 days
Running hot or losing coolant? Identify the cause before further damage.
Cooling & radiators from $350Offer terms
What's included
From $350, GST included. Water pump from $449. Starting prices for a common car; the figure is confirmed for your car before work starts.
- Pressure-tested cold to find the leak
- Coolant tested for combustion gases
- Leak repaired
- Refilled with the right coolant for your engine
- Bled so no air pocket is left behind
The price is confirmed for your car before any work starts. Nothing extra is done without your OK.
Prices include GST · Price terms
What it costs
Cooling system / radiator
Pressure test, leak found, repaired and refilled.
Book this REPAIRSWater pump
Pump replaced, coolant refilled, system bled.
Book this REPAIRSDiagnostic, scan and road test
Fault-code scan and road test.
Book thisWater pump from $449. Starting prices for a common car; the figure is confirmed for your car before work starts.
Prices include GST · Price terms
Details
Anything without a published price is quoted in writing, parts and labour, itemised, before it's touched. Not sure what's wrong? The diagnostic is a fault-code scan and a road test.
Overheating & cooling in North Parramatta
Cooling system repairs at Vertex Automotive, 7 Daking Street, North Parramatta, start from $350 for a common car: a pressure test to find the leak, the repair, then a refill and a bleed. An overheating engine is the one fault where the next ten minutes of driving decide what the repair costs, so stop, let it cool, and ring us.
Summer traffic is when cooling systems give out. A radiator that is half blocked or a pump that weeps copes in spring, then overheats in a February jam. Coolant carries the heat out of the engine; when the level drops or the flow stops, aluminium heads warp and gaskets let go.
More detail
So the advice is the same every time. If the gauge climbs into the red, pull over, switch the engine off and let it cool. Do not open the cap on a hot engine. A tow is cheaper than a head.
We pressure-test the system to find where it is going, and check the thermostat, the fan and the pump. Colour is not a diagnosis. Toyota's factory coolant is pink, so pink under the car is not automatically transmission fluid.
Why Vertex
A real workshop in North Parramatta
On the hoist
Every car goes up, so we see underneath, not just under the bonnet.
24 years' experience
All makes: Japanese, Korean, Chinese and European.
12-month warranty
12 months or 20,000 km on parts and labour.
Open 7 days
Drop off from 8:30am. Sundays 9am to 5pm.
How it works
Diagnostic
The diagnostic is a fault-code scan and a road test. Every repair is quoted in writing before work starts. $49, so you know what is wrong before you decide on the repair.
Pressure-tested
The system is put under pressure cold so a leak shows itself. Thermostat, fan, pump and cap all checked, and the coolant tested for combustion gases.
Repaired and bled
Fixed, refilled with the right coolant for your engine, and bled properly so no air pocket is left behind. 12 months / 20,000 km on parts and labour.
Questions
Still have a question?
Call 0433 950 192
Can I drive it if it only overheats sometimes?
No. Intermittent overheating usually means a thermostat, a fan or a low level, and any of them can become constant without warning. The damage happens in minutes.
Can I just top it up with water?
Water gets you off the road in an emergency and nothing more. It has no corrosion protection and a lower boiling point. Get the right coolant in it as soon as you can.
How do I know if it is the head gasket?
We do a combustion test on the coolant, which is a direct answer rather than a guess. Milky oil, white smoke and coolant vanishing with no visible leak all point the same way.
Do you quote before you fix it?
Yes. We find what is leaking and quote the repair in writing before anything is touched.
What are the signs of a cooling problem?
- The temperature gauge is climbing
- Steam, or a sweet smell after a drive
- Losing coolant with no visible leak
- The heater blows cold air
- The temperature warning light is on
- Green or orange fluid under the car
- The overflow bottle is empty when the engine is cold
Car overheating? What to do right now
- Pull over and switch off
- As soon as it is safe. Driving on with the temperature in the red can do severe engine damage.
- Leave the cap on
- Do not open the bonnet or take the radiator cap off while it is hot: hot coolant and steam can escape and burn you.
- Let it cool
- An engine can take more than an hour to cool down.
- Then ring us
- We tell you whether it is safe to drive in, or whether it needs to come on a tow truck.
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Find us
- Address
- 7 Daking Street, North Parramatta NSW 2151
- Open
- Mon to Sat 8:30am to 5:30pm
Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm - Phone
- 0433 950 192
Licensed repairer MVRL 62840
24 years of mechanical experience.
Everyday servicing, European cars and complex repairs. Talk directly to the people working on your car.
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