It looks like the panel is pristine (so I'm thinking maybe original heater matrix), I'll look to remove the dash board as per PaulP38 instructions. The HEVAC needs to be pulled out to put in the screen fix from RPi Engineering in any case, must order a tonne of bags to label each stage of this...

After a lot of welded on hose pipes (and boiling water hurled on then to loosen them off, heater matrix has been bypassed, and now testing the rest of the system. No leaks so far, coolant temperature in the lower third of the black section, viscous fan drawing air as needed. Now to convince...

What I'm thinking here, with visual aid. 2 = return from heater matrix 3 = supply to heater matrix remove hose end at 1 connect hose end 2 to end 1 Would that work as a bodge or am I missing something (also possible)

Had a quick look this morning, and it looks in reasonable nick, no evidence of wet in that area, so hopefully one less thing in the worry pot.

Looks like its leaking without any pressure in the system at all, Which may mean the matrix has gone as well - Fun times! This is why we buy these vehicles and run them though. Not for the glory, not for profit, but for fun!

I’ll check that this morning. Thanks for the tip.

It does seem to be coolant dripping (orange tinged) and it seems to originate from the area where the heater matrix lives. Air conditioning compressor doesn’t have a belt connected to it at the moment. I suspect this hasn’t worked for a few years - this got me thinking that the fans at the front...

The original expansion cap was leaky after 15 minutes on idle from cold. Radiator hoses were still pliable and not rock solid. Temp gauge was in normal range the whole time. That got replaced (just in case) with the OEM part. After that was installed, the heater matrix o rings started leaking...

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Hello group, been redirected to this section of the forum. In the process of renovating Blenheim Place - also known as a 2001 P38 Diesel (RHD), which has had many parts of the cooling system modified. My plan was to re-instate the viscous fan and cowling (successful so far - car sounds right - I...

Hello group, and first post on this forum. Hopefully I will not commit any cultural Faux Pas (Facebook and I no longer speak anymore). In the process of renovating Blenheim Place - also known as a 2001 P38 Diesel (RHD), which has had many parts of the cooling system modified. My plan was to...