Quote:
Originally Posted by ricebridge
... which only makes me even more keen to restore her to glory btw.
|
I'm very pleased to read this Jonathan.
Quote:
|
What exactly is that piping supposed to look like?
|
Item 14
here. I would treat yourself to Rimmer's stainless steel version to replace the non-standard plumbing you have at the moment. Whilst you're at it, check that Mr. Previous Owner hasn't by-passed the oil cooler permanently.
Quote:
|
The temperature rises to working levels normally.
|
I forgot that you've only just bought this V6 so just to confirm that the gauge should reach the nine o'clock position in about a mile. Does it?
Quote:
|
However, interior heating is nothing to write home about. It is very, very patchy, and most of the time only blowing cold air.
|
Ah hah! This is the classic symptom of air in the cooling system. I know that you've bled it according to Haynes but something might have gone wrong or air has entered the circuit through a undetected leak or worn expansion tank cap seals.
For your next move Jonathan I would recommend another attempt at bleeding but this time following MG Rover's procedure which I have reproduced
here.
Note that the expansion tank
must be raised and the bleed screw never opened whilst the engine is running.
Simon