FollowupID: 82903 Submitted:
Tuesday, Dec 02, 2003 at 06:51
enzo posted:
Hi Guys and thanks for your answers -
To reply to some of your questions: 60mph is the legal limit for towing a caravan on the motorway - basically everything passes you except for the odd three wheeled Robin Reliant! This is on good 6 lane metalled highway and not dirt track or anything and I do understand your warnings but we weren't endangering anyone.
Maybe I'm too impatient - when I stop I allow the engine to run for 3-5 minutes and then I check the overflow bottle. If it has pushed out alot of coolant I check the rad is not too hot and then ease the lid off. As long as only a bit of pressure escapes (not too much) I'll check levels. If the level's low, I siphon whats in the reservoir into a jug and put it back in the rad, so maybe I am not waiting long enough for the pressure to return the coolant back to the rad.
Tony, to answer your questions:
The expansion tank wasn't overflowing, I couldn't wait for the rad to
cool properly and filled it up hot (with the old coolant the first time and then I had to top it up ther second time); I get hot air from the heater with the engine running and this rad is only 1 - 2 years old so there can't be any sludge build up.
I think I'll have to stop panicking and see how it goes next time when I leave it to recover naturally - it's just that I've been burnt (financially) by a "porous" cylinder head before and am wary of being burnt again.
As to coming over Tony: your welcome anytime, infact if anyone from the
forum is in my neck of the woods, please pull in for a
beer or two, and if you need somewhere to kip - just pull in, I can't promise you a braai but my wife does a pretty mean curry!
enzo
bundubasher
