sorry guys should have said i've tried doing it up on ramps and i've also blown through the top hose of the rad. Thanks for suggestions keep them coming.....i think its the water pump though

Yeah my mrs has been awesome to be honest shes been sat in the car for about 3 hours watching the temp guage just incase it goes up. I've tried every possible way i know of bleeding it, it seems like there is an airlock but i just can't shift it.

Sorry to start a new thread but i'm so ****ed off, i've spent the last few days changing my head gaskets. Finished this morning fired it up and still have all the symptoms i had before. When first started its fine until after about 5 mins it starts bubbling out of expansion tank when cap is...

Hi yeah i got the heads skimmed he took 4 thou off them. Cost £25 per head. I got the gaskets at 11am yesterday and finally stopped at 1am this morning as i was starting to see things i was so tired lol Its a pain in the arse having lpg as the rave CD doesn't have it so the rave CD says fit...

Well got the heads back this afternoon and the bloke said there was a small dip next to the water jacket which coincides with the burn on the head gasket although its only a slight scorch. I think it comes from when i changed the coolant, i really struggled to get the air lock out and the temp...

But it doesn't brake everytime i ride it and at the moment thats the only form of transport i have, could really do with heated grips though i was bloody freezing going to work this morning

ok i will do i was going to do a "how to" so if people in the future want to tackle it them selves they can follow it. For now though heres a pic of my other beast

Well i have an R1 at the minute but i want something like a bandit 1200 to "play" on. I test rode one last weekend and although i thought it was quite sluggish (remember i ride an R1) it still gave me a massive grin and was so easy to ride it was like going back to basics. The R1 you have to...

The manifold bolts all came out fine.....when i say fine i don't have any skin left on my fingers but they all came out in one piece. The right manifold is a pain in the arse as i didn't want to remove the steering intermediate shaft. I'm not going to do anything else as i'm going to sell it...

Firstly don' expect the dhse to be quick or great on fuel but your right about the quality and the luxury is great. Check what parkers price guide says that model is worth and what yours is worth that way you'll know if your paying over the odds.

Thanks for replies, see my other post the cylinder heads are now off. As for the plug with oil on it, its the plug right under the oil filler cap so the chances are a small amout has drizzled through, i'm not particularly concerned as on inspection the oily cylinder looks tip top.

Well some of you will have read my posts over the time i've been here and the recent ones. I've always had a misfire and couldn't cure it. Recently my V8 over heated and as of thursday it was impossible to drive more than 2 miles without the temp guage shooting into the red. I did a...

Just done a compression test after my car over heated and got these results. I've got a small amount of mayo in the oil filler cap but no oil in water. heres the results first number is the first crank second number is what it reached and stopped rising. 7 10.6 9 11...

After driving it around all day doing most driving styles i got back and sure enough water gone from expansion tank. Left it 2 hours or so then went out and all the water is back so i'm sure its an airlock somewhere. This is the problem having LPG, because it uses the coolant system so theres...

I've just been for a bit of a drive and those O2 sensor faults havn't come back but after i filled the petrol tank half full i still get the other fault. Its ok though as its a good excuse to spend my sunday under my bonnet ....woohoo

yeah i blew through that pipe....only when i checked RAVE. I now get a steady stream of water out of it like you said. One thing i've noticed is the rad top pipe gets warm/hot really quick and according to RAVE this should only happen once thermostat is opn so i wonder if thermostat is stuck...

I changed my coolant the other day ready for winter and now the cars having problems. Aside from the crazy misfire problem detailed in my other post. Every time i drive the car when i stop the coolant has all gone out of the expansion tank if i leave it a few hours and undo the cap i can hear...

Hi guys thanks for replies. Do you think the O2 sensor fault could be due to my car being LPG because surely it would think its running really lean so would throw up a fault.

My car is still (after a year...new leads new plugs cleaned all sensors etc) misfiring like a bitch it now misfire really bad on petrol on start up like only on 4 cylinders. It also cuts out all the time on LPG now even after ive cleaned the whole lpg system. I did a diagnostic with my own...

What if i piggy back the screwed sensor off the good sensor so the front right sensor also uses the front left?? surely that would stop the abs light??