Overheating

[keith_b]

RADIATOR CAP went on me a while ago coolant spitting out the overflow and would eventually start overheating

Thats what i though first but the temp guage goes up near the top and them it starts to boil over so my guess is the rad but don't want to spend €200 on a guess. I pulled of the top and bottom hoses on the rad and put a water in top of rad and it seemed to flow out the bottom fine but im guessin its not goin through all the fins and not cooling properly. Anybody in the kilkenny area to flow test a rad? As long as the head is ok i suppose its not all bad.

[pauliesx]

Thats what i though first but the temp guage goes up near the top and them it starts to boil over so my guess is the rad but don't want to spend €200 on a guess. I pulled of the top and bottom hoses on the rad and put a water in top of rad and it seemed to flow out the bottom fine but im guessin its not goin through all the fins and not cooling properly. Anybody in the kilkenny area to flow test a rad? As long as the head is ok i suppose its not all bad.

well i reckon u cant go wrong with a flow test anyway lad. its cheap eoungh and will tell alot. im in cork so cant help ya on anyone that can do it up ur end........