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Thoroughly enjoyed my day! Brilliant show with a nice diverse mix of cars. Being able to go and watch the hillclimb for a couple of hours and ogle the cars in the paddock was ace!
The stand you put together was especially good, and next year the Polo will actually make it!
Tom
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I had a similar problem with a Saxo VTR I bought. Turned out that the PO had specified too big pipe and dropped the middle box. I swapped the exhaust for a twin silencer Magnex system and a de cat, it was quieter and faster!
Tom
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Ooooooh a Bellet, after a lot of Granturismo I would love a bullet!
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Metrocentre meet 08/06/16qwerty
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As far as I know it's dead. I've not been back for the past couple of months. Tom
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Cooling system woes.qwerty
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Been out for a run tonight. Gets too warm again until I stick the heaters on hot on full blast.
Needs a water pump. Gunna get onto it.
Tom
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qwerty
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Not at all helpful but I found my R8's on Facebook for £40 ;D
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Cooling system woes.qwerty
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I'm just on replacing the radiator and re bleeding it due to an unfortunate incident.
If this doesn't work I'm going to change the water pump.
*Edit* replaced the radiator. Got up to temp, thermostat opened, fan didn't kick in.
Either a dodgy switch and/or a water pump.
Tom
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Last Edit: Aug 4, 2016 6:05:14 GMT by qwerty
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qwerty
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Followed this build on Instagram! Looks like it goes well in the video's.
New headgasket, slammed some mini wood and pickett arches and some 12" quad wheels (available in 4x110 and stupid widths and offsets) and this would be the coolest Kei in the UK!
Tom
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1997 Toyota Hiace Vanqwerty
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Jul 30, 2016 20:12:19 GMT
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Stick some nice wheels on it, drop it and just revel in the slowness.
Tom
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Transit Day van qwerty
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Jul 25, 2016 20:25:55 GMT
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That looks great, good work.
Tom
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Jul 24, 2016 19:56:53 GMT
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That looks as well as Imagine it goes!
Tom
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Jul 24, 2016 14:34:21 GMT
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For my Renault - 4 liters of Castrol GTX is around £15 in Costco. That's all I've used in in for the last 9 years. It's too cheap not to buy. They do big drums of Chevron oil for £40-ish. I bought a chevron drum, having had 2 VW diesels in a row both using the 5w30 it was worth every penny. Only one change left in it now though. Tom
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Love this project. Seriously good advert for their company as well!
Tom
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Jul 23, 2016 20:20:47 GMT
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15x7 et25 with a 195/50 will be pretty much perfect for a double wishbone Cortina. Tom Hi Tom, that sounds about right to me mate, although i´ll try and get away with 205´s on the back Will look good with a bit more meat in the rear!
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15x7 et25 with a 195/50 will be pretty much perfect for a double wishbone Cortina.
Tom
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Cooling system woes.qwerty
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Jul 22, 2016 20:44:05 GMT
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ive had one of those polos over 10 years ,they're not hard to bleed at all my bet is the plastic impeler blades have come off....got a spare engine here and the water pump had near all its blades gone You may well be right. Guess I'll have to download the haynes manual again and see how big a job it is.
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Jul 22, 2016 17:06:03 GMT
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Photo of expansion tank and the bleed screw is in white in the background. Tried to get the best picture I could to show it in context. Tom
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Jul 22, 2016 13:42:21 GMT
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I'll try and get a picture tonight ChasR thanks for all the advice so far. The bleed screw is on the heater matrix which is in the plenum under the windscreen. Tom
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Cooling system woes.qwerty
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Jul 22, 2016 11:56:57 GMT
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Thank you for the advice. Based on it my belt and braces approach is going to be.
Drain coolant. Flush radiator thoroughly with hose. Replace radiator switch with genuine or genuine quality replacement. Replace temp sensor incase its giving guage false readings Fill coolant system whilst car is on ramps and raise the expansion bottle slightly while doing this. (should be enough slack in the pipes) Run it at fast idle for 10-15 minutes with bleed screw open, expansion cap off and heater set to hot.
Sound like a decent plan?
Tom
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ChasRThe thermostat is a "genuine quality" one from VW heritage although I can't remember the specific brand. I don't beleive the old one had a jiggle pin The bleed screw is in the scuttle a couple of inches higher than the expansion bottle. I have had the bleed screw out without the engine running, mainly because I dropped it and lost it and had to wait for a replacement. They do indeed get hot, infact I whack them on hot to get a bit of heat out of the engine. Tom
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