Overheating, Rad stone cold, diagnosis anyone?

[JoeP]

Any help appreciated, Cheers, Joexxx

[JOSEMI]

(overheating in this weather !!)

I would bleed it straight away with a stack of anti-freeze ready to fill the cooling system

Jose

[TOURINGDADDY]

sounds like the thermo mate id change that then bleed

[JoeP]

sounds like the thermo mate id change that then bleed

Cool, I got one recently but haven't fitted it yet, hopefully get it sorted before tomorrow's meet.

[TOURINGDADDY]

tomorrows meet? u not comming down for the rolling road day on the 11th dec in portsmouth

[jonbuoy]

There is:

26th Lakeside

27th Epping, (www.Beemerforum.co.uk)

28th Ace Cafe

Then Donnington 3rd Dec with Dave touring

Then 11th Dec Rolling Road in Portsmouth

Few!!

Don't think i'll be able to go Donny but will be at the rest

[DaveD]

whats at donnington on the 3rd dec????????????

[JoeP]

tomorrows meet? u not comming down for the rolling road day on the 11th dec in portsmouth

In Thetford, Norfolk/Suffolk styley.
I'll be working in germany then unfortunately. Bit of a trek to see how fit my car is.

[320Touring]

lets keep on topic please, and get joe's touring back and healthy!

joe, i'd drain the coolant out and take off the pipes for the radiator 1 AT A TIME (so you dont get confused)

then i'd clean them all out so they were sparkly, and put a hose into the radiator at a decent pressure to flush out the fins (not too hard though!)

flush the hose from top to bottom, and if possible, bottom to top, to really free up any crud.

then take out the thermostat and flush out the block, again til its running clean.

fit a new thermostat and fix the system back up then refill and bleed!.

feel free to PM me your email addy and i can send a detailed instruction set to you..

[stappin]

THERMOSTAT then bleed it. It sounds like it's not opening.

[tourer-dan]

Do the job properly, first time. Follow 320touring's advice and give the complete cooling system an overhaul.
The block drain plug is under the exhaust manifold at cyl.5. Buy a new plug and washer from the dealers as they dissolve with age. (you'll get change from Ԛ£3) don't forget the thermostat O ring too (should come with the new 'stat) And if you push the heater hose onto the stat housing too far it will leak!!

Good luck

[jonbuoy]

whats at donnington on the 3rd dec????????????

Here you go fella.................

Track day 3rd Dec

[E30BeemerLad]

and remember to have your heater set to maximum when you fill up and start it

[320Touring]

and remember to have your heater set to maximum when you fill up and start it

well said!

all inc in the guide I sent him, fingers crossed it works