Haha sorry, been in Weymouth for a short break. Very nice it was there too!!!
He has fitted the £22 thermostat today. He had it ticking over in the yard when I turned u[p and it hadn';t overheated, but then it didn't for him before. The bottom hosse was hot though, which was new to me but he said it was hot before.
My break allowed for my new £4 ODB II reader from eBay to arrive, Bluetooths to the phone and seems as accurate as his £3k piece of kit!!.
I've driven it around a bit this evening and I have to say it looks promising. No long steady runs as I had a chore to do which took me round the twisties. Temp went from about 84 to 90 at times then dropped - you could pretty much see when the thermostat opened.
I did test the new thermostat and the (new) old one in boiling water and they both seem to function about the same.
Anyway the acid test is taking it from cold, running up and down the A329M a few times and monitoring it. Then doing that again the following day.
But I am hopeful.
If it does fix it, I've wasted money on a radiator (about £105 all in so not so bad) and a Europarts thermostat (about £7 plus fitting). I have the old rad and will hang onto it just in case...
Last edited by: smokie on Fri 5 Jul 19 at 20:42
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