Is the thermostat good?
I think the pump was Quinton Hazell, maybe the thermostat too, how do you go about checking the baffle?
Quick check, get the engine hot stat open and feel the bottom of the rad, should also be hot. If it's cooler at the bottom but hot along the top baffle maybe missing. Baffle forces coolant down right hand side of rad and up left hand side, if it's not there, hot coolant just goes along the top. Looking from front of engine.
Would say thermostat opened or the engine burped. Airlocks on these can kill the cylinder head.Had to be recovered from town today, temperature shot up and the blower would only blow cold, however at one point it suddenly blew hot and the temperature dropped. My thoughts are either blocked rad or water pump u/s, the leak from the rad has also got worse, cheers.
Ok so there was no crud around the rad however it has split on the plastic part right along the top, now the man at the shop said that only happens due to overpressure, however we have ruled that (at the expansion tank) out so I'm wondering how that has happened. Is it worth taking the water pump out and having a look or not? Many thanks.
The rads cracking along the top is not uncommon at all, heard of quite a few on here.