25-02-2015, 04:02 PM
got this booked in for next month for its mot, a week before the 306 is due to expire, so its going to be a push to see if this passes or fails again.
today I started it up to make sure all was ok, and walked away so it can just tick over. I kept popping back, now and again.
I saw the coolant starting to rise, and yep here we go again, Another massive air lock in the rad! the bottom hose was f*cking icy cold!
So it decided to chuck the coolant again, not much mind. But what was starting to be a bit worrying was my mpi fan system kicked in, which is Ecu controlled. So that tells me there is a fault somewhere, or a major air lock, or the temp got the point where the ecu got worried. But after a bit of a faff on, squeezing pipes and let it have a good burp. It seems ok, for now. As the SPi system kicked in normal and the temp settled down. Topped it back up with coolant.
With me been squeezing the pipes and with them been that hot, I think it let some of the coolant by pass the heater matrix! As I had a tiny bit in the cab. After a bit of a check over, all seems well. So tomorrow I will drop some petrol back in it, and have another tick over. ( So it can pass the tick over test)
today I started it up to make sure all was ok, and walked away so it can just tick over. I kept popping back, now and again.
I saw the coolant starting to rise, and yep here we go again, Another massive air lock in the rad! the bottom hose was f*cking icy cold!
So it decided to chuck the coolant again, not much mind. But what was starting to be a bit worrying was my mpi fan system kicked in, which is Ecu controlled. So that tells me there is a fault somewhere, or a major air lock, or the temp got the point where the ecu got worried. But after a bit of a faff on, squeezing pipes and let it have a good burp. It seems ok, for now. As the SPi system kicked in normal and the temp settled down. Topped it back up with coolant.
With me been squeezing the pipes and with them been that hot, I think it let some of the coolant by pass the heater matrix! As I had a tiny bit in the cab. After a bit of a check over, all seems well. So tomorrow I will drop some petrol back in it, and have another tick over. ( So it can pass the tick over test)