help.. cooling system goes pop!

[pdtaylor18]

you need to reconnect the bottom hose Liam and then flush via the top hose, it will end up very wet everywhere but you should see a good flow from the engine block drain. You should ideally get a flow out of there as soon as you undo it, if you do then its probably ok anyway.

[grinder]

thats a point Pete

out of interest - do you have an aftermarket water temp gauge - and if so - where is it located in the engine bay

one way i could tell that my thermostat was working is that you could drive along - the incar temp gauge would get to temp ( and the extra gauge showing 0 ) and then all of a sudden it would rise up to 85 as the thermostat opened and allowed the water thru the top hose

if your gauge ( if you had one ) showed the water temp slowly climb to 85 , then i would assume you have a knackered thermostat ( if it rose slowly - then its stuck open )

[L18M]

thanks pete.. will go reconnect the lower hose and flush again.
a couple pics of thermostats.
the old one has no rubber on the inner ring. not sure if thats just the design or not.

i got aftermarket temp. its on the top rad hose just after the thermostat
that usually shoots up n shows at about 60degrees onwards.

will use the \'new\' thermostat n see what happens..
pete.. im assuming flush from top hose being on rad side as its higher than engine side.

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[L18M]

ok.. system all flushed now and back in \'one\' piece.
nurtured her to the garage, was popping a bit prob cos she was sat still for a week tho she nvr popped b4, and got to wait for the when he got time to test the cooling system n wait for the results. new thermostat put in and rad pipe thanks to pete!

aftermarket sensor wire came apart again! need to get a new one, can you just buy the sensor with gauge?

in some ways hoping for it to be just a bust thermostat.. but on the other hand looking forward to a \'little\' bit of porting bar the costs involved :mad:

lets see what faith gives me