Mine was stuck open (no good in the cold). I went the Britpart route bout a year ago. So far so good. Also went the cheaper option for the rad. Didn't want to be paying $500 for a radiator. Dont ya love it when they dont leak? :D
Cheers.
John
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Mine was stuck open (no good in the cold). I went the Britpart route bout a year ago. So far so good. Also went the cheaper option for the rad. Didn't want to be paying $500 for a radiator. Dont ya love it when they dont leak? :D
Cheers.
John
I now have in my possession a pretty solid looking waxstat thermostat from roverlord
I may test it before I install it ;)
Steve
Well I swapped the thermostat over and it has made little difference :(
I also tested the bearmach one and it works fine.
I am currently thinking that perhaps the brass impeller on the water pump I replaced about a year ago has been attacked by the OATS coolant.
There are no bubbles in the cooling system so I think my heads are OK, but a compression test may well be in order.
I should add that it is not overheating but it is running at around 100, which is too high for the work it is doing.
Steve
Turns out the water pump I fitted 6 months ago had started to fail.
I makes a squealing/grinding sound when turned and some coolant had stared to leak out the bleed hole
Things look a bit more normal now
Steve
Wow! That's quick for a water pump.
You said the impeller was brass, so it's a genuine one?
The reason I ask is that from xa426594 the STC4434 pump was specified (STC1693 was the old one). Maybe this was the change over to the oat coolant.
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Mate it was an AirTex pump from roverlord, it is on it's way back to Mario for inspection. I grabbed a replacement from Bursons, a pressed steel impeller the same as the one I took off 6 months ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by benji
Th brass impeller didn't look like it had been attacked at all but the pump was sick for sure.
Mario told me he had a couple of failures on D2's (one of which was his) due to a misaligned air-con pulley. So I am going to check the pulley alignment as well
Steve
My cooling system finally seems to have settled down.
No leaks, no running hot and no coolant being used plus I have a spare thermostat now
Huzzah :D
Steve
Steve, that must be a mighty relief. Good on on fella.
Me too... no probs, maybe ours were made early in the week:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Keithy P38
But I won't make the same mistake with elcheapo coolant hoses again, genuine all the way.
Rob