Cooling Issues

[Rambo]

Hi Par - is there any mayo under the filler cap or smell of organics ? Might be worth a sniffer test to check on this. Hope its not the first signs of HGF

PS Did you get a warranty from SMS ? If so, it might be worth returning the care to them to check out thoroughly

[par]

No sign of any mayo but you are right it might be worth getting a sniffer test carried out to rule it out, I could get my local garage to do a cold pressure test at the same time to confirm if there are any leaks.

I didnt get any third party warranty from SMS, just the legal obligation they have through the sale of goods act.

[par]

Drained all the old OAT coolant out and gave the whole system a a good flush and fitted a new thermostat, I had planned to change the fan switch as well but the thread length was too short on the new replacement I had. Also found that the metal connection pipe from the Y shaped hose to the hose that goes to the header tank was pretty clogged up with sludge & corrosion and was probably down to about half the diameter it should be so cleaned it all out.

Added the correct blue anti-freeze and started it up and bled the radiator from behind the headlamp and let it idle for about 5 minutes, the gauge rose to the 1st mark and stayed there. Took the car out for a decent run and the needle stayed rock solid at the 1st mark.

Cooling problem seems to be fixed but the car is booked in for a sniffer test next week just for peace of mind.