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[JamesV6CDX]

haha, to be honest I hope to god it's not your HG, never done a timing chain before...

I mentioned HG because it was suggested the system is pressuring? Is this the case - are the hoses hard?

the only thing that would cause the steam, is escaping coolant, so Graham's theory there sounds likely

[tunnie]

just a thought... do Carlton rads fit the Senator? I know a lot of parts are interchangeable...

[JamesV6CDX]

I'm sure I don't need to tell you this, but steer well clear of any coolant additives such as radweld...

[tunnie]

Cheers James, i was considering it. But i think for my big trip i need a propper fix.

The Rad is almost shot tbh, i was surprised it still worked. I think the recent flush has cause it to leak...

Unfortunely Jaime was right, no Senator or Carlton in my scrappy.

Although i pinched a MID if anyone wants a freebie? (Full MID, taken from '98 mini facelift)

[JamesV6CDX]

Cheers James, i was considering it. But i think for my big trip i need a propper fix.

The Rad is almost shot tbh, i was surprised it still worked. I think the recent flush has cause it to leak...

Unfortunely Jaime was right, no Senator or Carlton in my scrappy.

Although i pinched a MID if anyone wants a freebie? (Full MID, taken from '98 mini facelift)

I'm going to desperately want one for my project car if it's cheap/free  

[Omegatoy]

carltonGSI AUTO is the same mate but not a manual one for obvious reasons!!!
will have an ask around!!

[CaptainZok]

With all that steam going around maybe you should change your username to Fred Dibnah.

[Admin]

Tunnie, measure the radiator and then compare to one out of a V6 Omega... just a thought.

I have never checked, so I have no idea of size difference.

[JamesV6CDX]

Tunnie, measure the radiator and then compare to one out of a V6 Omega... just a thought.

I have never checked, so I have no idea of size difference.

If that is the case, I've got a spare V6 one sat at home in it's wrapping, it's a freebie if you can use it.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Omega rad is nothing like a Senator one.

And make sure that dam un-reliable god awful stupid power sapping viscous fan coupling is working!

And yes....if its boiled over you should remove the expansion cap carefully.....you will already have no water in the heads at this point (it will have bolied off so if they are buggered its already happened!) and it lessens the risk of the steam blowing a gasket or pipe out!

[TheBoy]

Hoses seamed soft when I flushed the coolant on Jaime's driveway, all the pipes were nice and soft even after been running for 5 mins.

Remember, we kept the cap off to stop it from pressurising....

[TheBoy]

Although i pinched a MID if anyone wants a freebie? (Full MID, taken from '98 mini facelift)

Generally, mini faclift MIDs are reliable

Don't suppose you remembered the engine/transmission config of the donor?

[JamesV6CDX]

Yep, top up the coolant, and run it with the cap on for a spin and see if the pipes are going hard.

[JamesV6CDX]

Also, get a nice garage to put a sniffer in the coolant bottle....

[MaxV6]

change the rad....   better safe than sorry.

also sennies always had a tendency to have the temperature rise rapidly if you did a hard run then had to stop for a bit... like hammering along the M40 from warwick and hitting virtually stationary traffic at the top of Stokenchurch hill for a few minutes....   quite often that sort of thing would see rapid temperature rises...   followed by a slow fall when the fan kicked in.


memory eludes me offhand whether the 24V had the same viscous coupling fan type as the 12 valve version.....  

but check it's working either way.....