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johnbyron

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  1. So yesterday I drove 420 miles in my little tdi and picked up some new wheels, well chuffed with it
  2. Hmmm might have a crack at that myself loopy!(when its slack at work of course ;-) )
  3. Cheers yeah these little arosas and lupos are purfect little cars for running about in and working on! Where can you get these ally sump gaurds from?? Might need to invest in one so I can lower its slightly more when I fit my alloys :-)
  4. I see what your saying jon but this is enough pressure to spray coolant out the overflow/relief hole unless caution is taken and the pressure is released very very slowly. Maybe the pressure relief valve in my cap is faulty, suppose its worth a shot before I rip the head off. Even with pressure in the system the temp still sits nicely around 87°c which is when the thermostat opens.
  5. Im not entirely sure if there is or not?? I did notice a solid mass in a return line from the head to the header tank but when I took the pipe off I can blow through both ends....
  6. Ah okay I didnt realise they where like that, so should there still be pressure when its cold?? What if this pressure keeps rising over a period of time without being released? Wouldnt it blow a hose or a gasket?? I could understand if the pressure was there due to the rise in temperature of the coolant because it expands but surely the pressure would drop once the water cools??
  7. Hmmm, I havent seen an inertia switch in the engine bay while iv been in there but it could be anywhere, check behind the dash, iv not noticed one any further back in the interior.
  8. Well... I fitted my coilovers on saturday which was relatively easy on the arosa compared with other cars, also sprayed the threads with penol then wrapped them in tape so they dont get muck in them ... I think I lowered it too much because well... I reversed it out the garage on two bits of wood and one snapped causing a nice puncture in the sump :-(, but sunday I drained all the oil off, cleaned and keyed the area around the little fracture and gobbed it up with heat mate! ? its set pretty well and not one drip is even showing! Anyway its sitting about 1 1/2 inch higher now because it was just too low for speed bumps haha
  9. Im pretty sure its not supposed to have enough pressure to squirt coolant out the tank when warm though?? I thought theyre suposed to run at atmospheric pressure?? Even when its been ran up hot then you let it cool right down, after 5 hours its still got pressure there when you release the cap.
  10. Ah right I wasnt sure if it was supposed to sit a bit cooler than that, never had a diesel before lol Well I suspect the headgasket simply because there is pressure in the header tank :-/ more than iv seen in my 206 and my old corsa but then again its not a ridiculous amount of pressure, just enough to squirt a bit of coolant out when you open the cap but only when its warm/hot
  11. Hmmm ive fitted a genuine thermostat from TPS and my water gets up to around 85-90°c and my heaters keep blowing warm but I noticed that the thermostat isnt fully open until 87°C so the bottom pipe is still fairly cool compared to the rest apart from when you go on a long motorway run! The temp doesnt go above 90 though so it won't be sticking. Plus I still have pressure in my coolant tank! Beginning to think its my head gasket but there are no other signs of the gasket blowing what so ever, I think ill just run it and if it gets any worse ill rip the head off and skim it and fit a new gasket. One thing I did notice was there is a solid mass in one of the return pipes from the head, is this normal? I checked it but cant see what it is but I can blow through both ends of the pipe.
  12. Cheers haha shes a persian, flat face bless her. Yeah I know what you mean Dblock but I only drive it steady (Lol no choice really ) and theres no speed bumps on my daily commute which is a bonus, the 206 I was using was running avo coilovers and I have to say it was ridiculously tough so im used to rough rides
  13. Well I purchased this seat arosa a couple of weeks ago for work after going to ultimate dubs and realising that my work car had to be a dub! Originally my plans were simple... coilovers and wheels thats it but now iv got the bug and I want to do more So already iv had these jom coilovers delivered and im purchasing some 15inch alloys from my mate. Once the wheels and coilovers are fitted my plans are to: *paint all the grey plastic interior matt black *Get some front leather seats *Strip out the back seats and cards etc *Sound proof under the carpet, in the doors and the boot *Make a subtle light boot build (ill draw up a few designs first) *fit focal speakers or hertz There are a few marks here and there on the bodywork but ill leave them for now untill everything is finished because after all... it is a work car :-)
  14. Thanks for the advice people, today I removed the stat and took it for a couple of runs , takes forever to get to temperature and didnt hold its heat very well when the heaters were on but after it had bled all the pipes were the same temperature (only 70°c) so it looks like I got the wrong thermostat. There was pressure in the tank the first time I took it out but the second time I took it out there was very little pressure there.
  15. Definitely! I could only put it in one way
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