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[JamesV6CDX]

I'm now not going to Aylesbury tomorrow, so will have plenty of time to dedicate to diagnosing this one

[omega3000]

I'm now not going to Aylesbury tomorrow, so will have plenty of time to dedicate to diagnosing this one

Nice one , i think there's a few bets at stake as to what the diagnosis is ...

oofer's will be pointing finger's and saying "i told you so" . Look forward to meeting you tomorrow .


Many thanks 

[JamesV6CDX]

I'm now not going to Aylesbury tomorrow, so will have plenty of time to dedicate to diagnosing this one

Nice one , i think there's a few bets at stake as to what the diagnosis is ...

oofer's will be pointing finger's and saying "i told you so" . Look forward to meeting you tomorrow .


Many thanks 

My money is on -

1) Water pump
2) Electrical fault resulting in strange gauge behavoiur (Eg, it's not actually overheating at all!)
3) Thermostat stuck shut (very rare, never heard of it, but never say never..

I had EXACTLY this same overheating problem on a 3.0 mig back in 2006..... gauge shooting up, coming back down fast with a good rev, and then climbing again.... 

[omega3000]

Im hoping its water pump , the new one has metal vanes . Is that ok 

[doz]

Better than plastic

[JamesV6CDX]

Anything's better than no veins

[omega3000]

Anything's better than no veins

Will soon find out 

[PhilRich]

Fingers crossed for you eatmydust

[omega3000]

Fingers crossed for you eatmydust

Thanks  would be good to fix it once and for all its been epic  apart from taking the pistons out for a spring clean it must be close to being sorted 

[omega3000]

 Big thank you to james for fixing the problems and cant thank him enough 


PM sent 

[doz]

and the problem was?

[omega3000]

Not the water pump , although it was replaced as it looked suspect .


New water pump put on and all re assembled , took for a run and overheated again 

Rad luke warm/cold spots , last resort was to try my old rad that i took off a while back as i suspected a leak..put the old rad on then took car for a run . Perfect  james suspected one or two of the threaded connections were lose causing leaks before making me think the old rad was knackered . So the replacement rad was at fault with some seriouse blockage issues 

[doz]

So what was it???

[omega3000]

Edit     above 

[sticka_v8_init]

So what was it???

What everyone said it was...the rad, but no one listened

Good result fella, must be chuffed