Will do.

Hello all So it started with what can only be described as severe clutch judder when pulling away from a stand still. Park it up for a few hours or pver night and then it cures itself. Then half an hour of driving and it does it again. Juudders, shudders and shakes from the front. Feels like it...

Had a few productive days. After the valley gasket replacement , the new rad is working fine with bluecol, thermo stat kicks in at about 75° no overheating problems. Set carbs up so no air leaks, ticks over lovely, no racing engine once warmed up and to my absolute surprise the float Chambers...

The screw top on the dash pot top wasn't even done up let alone any oil in it. I'm so embarrassed.

Defo SU then. Thanks for the clarification.

I think the Rover v8 engines were SU's.

Tha That is unbelievably helpful. They were ultrasonically cleaned. But I obviously have a lot more to think about here. Some bed time reading! Thank you very much for taking the time. P.

Any ideas wot this could be? SU carb starts racing high as engine gets warm. It's a Rover 3.5 V8 engine with twin SU's (only 1 carb is doing it). The tickover screw is just touching the end stop and starts off lovely at tick over. But once the engine gets warm it starts racing and makes the...

I’m just going to use Bluecol and hope for the best. I was just going to drain the rad and fill it up with it. Do you think that will be ok?

Yes this is all very helpful as it goes. Thank you very much. Its quite reassuring as I got a new standard series radiator and after a few teething problems I got it all working without it over heating. I've been working on the carbs and it's slowly going back together. Hopefully be taking it...

Cheers for this. Yes I've fitted a new standard rad but still haven't managed to route the bottom hose properly. In the process of that at he mo. I'm hoping that the efficency of a new radiator, despite being too small for the job, might get me out of jail. The old one was knackered. Plus I've...

Ha ha. No it's a line from only fools and horses. Del boy meant 'No way Jose!' I found something in the shed that might do it.

That's handy as I already have one fitted. Just need to work out the best way to t into it now. Brilliant. Thank you. I'm in Brentford West London by the way.

Brilliant! Thanks. you know I thought of doing that but figured as the expansion pipe from the filler cap is above where the it's high pressure innards does its thing that the additional spigot or whatever its called brazed onto the old radiator must have a different job? It would be a so great...

I got my rad out today just as the new one arrived. They are exactly the same size. But there was a nozzle brazed/welded onto the old one that isn't on the new one asI have a v8 from an old r.rover as u probably know from reading this thread. I probably need to get one on the new rad.

Great stuff. Thank you.

Having trouble finding the link now but the company I emailed are called NorthernRadiators.

ok ta. Please. Let me know how you get on. Good luck P.

So I'm going to replace the rad on my series 3. I want it to slot straight in but want a new aluminium core one. Most are out of stock but I have found one place that does them but it has plastic top and bottom. Is that normal? Worth buying?

Cheers. So I can fit a regulator to work with a red top? Wasn't sure they could be regulated as per previous post.