The water pump was very noisy just before the rad popped

Thanks for the advice, its at on the drive a non runner, I did drive it 1000 yards with the over heat light on as I didn't want it to stop a soldering mess outside the local pub. I'm going to lift the head to see whats what, there has been a coolant stain on the back of the block coming from the...

so is there some way getting these fans to run when the water temp increases indepnatdly of the aircon? wiring in a switch?

I'm learning this, but couldn't they be used for additional cooling for normal running? Two great big fans that normally sit there doing not a lot would save a lot of stress on the cooling during summer?

Hello All Just had a hectic week. We decided to be clever and MOT the Range Rover (P38 2.5 Diesel 98 model) early this year as it was due at the beginning of December, needless to say it always needed money spent on it and that month is already an expensive one. Anyhow it failed on the bushes...