ok couple of tests done here,
1 put new thermostat in, after replacing with new, fan clutch, pump, thermostat to top rad hose (as i broke the T) & cap,l go for a drive, boils over within a few miles, get back no water in header tank !!
2 put old thermostat back in and keep it open, just been for a 40 mile drive, no boiling over and water still in header tank,
I did check the small pipes off the thermostat and they are in the correct position
Before 2nd test......
Flushed the heater matrix with a hose pipe to the in pipe & had a load of bubbles out the header tank, kept this going till I also had water coming from the radiator bleed off pipe to header tank and no more bubbles
now tempted to replace the thermostat with the new one, as MIGHT of been air lock, but I really doubt it
Even after all the above and a 40 mile drive, bottom of rad is cold, so that proves a point that was made earlier
1 put new thermostat in, after replacing with new, fan clutch, pump, thermostat to top rad hose (as i broke the T) & cap,l go for a drive, boils over within a few miles, get back no water in header tank !!
2 put old thermostat back in and keep it open, just been for a 40 mile drive, no boiling over and water still in header tank,
I did check the small pipes off the thermostat and they are in the correct position
Before 2nd test......
Flushed the heater matrix with a hose pipe to the in pipe & had a load of bubbles out the header tank, kept this going till I also had water coming from the radiator bleed off pipe to header tank and no more bubbles
now tempted to replace the thermostat with the new one, as MIGHT of been air lock, but I really doubt it
Even after all the above and a 40 mile drive, bottom of rad is cold, so that proves a point that was made earlier