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  1. Aha. Of course. Well I'm glad you got it home. I'm going to keep an eye on the cable ties for a while as where I am there are no bolts of the right size. Happy driving, Paul. God bless, Andy
  2. Well done Paul, but I think I must have missed something. Glad it got you home, but why the recovery vehicle?
  3. You've got me, I'm afraid, Paul. I guess you have tried driving gently with the cap on loosely like David suggested and check the expansion tank now and again. Good luck for tomorrow!
  4. I agree, but would doubt it would be a cyl head issue, or it would be cool all of the time. Look into the expansion tank with the engine running to see if there are little bubbles. Good sign. If not, not sure .maybe ease out the rad inlet hose to see if you can tease any air out? Are you towing the caravan?
  5. Yes that's right. It stops an airlock from happening. I presume the pressure in the pipe is quite low so the system can't shove it out. Easy enough to do. Hope it goes in okay. Did it come with the new nuts and bolts for the bottom fitting, or are you going to use Cable Ties, like me?
  6. Well done Paul. Refitting is a doddle. The only thing to remember is to blow into the expansion tube till any coolant still in it empties into the expansion tank and is clear.
  7. Hi Paul. Sorry for your troubles. I've just done one on my 2001 P38. It was a dog, but I managed it without special tools. The first prob will be the small bolts at the bottom corners of the rad. They locate in a confined space into brass nuts. Mine were so corroded I ended up grinding them out with a dremel. Took ages. The second is the viscous fan. Mine is a diesel so room is limited. In the end I got a local company to weld two spanners end to end so the reach was enough and used a socket on the alternator to stop the fan rotating. The viscous fan undoes easily, especially if you hit the spanner the right way! The cowling locates into the bottom of the rad, so once the fan is out it slips up easily. Then the rad comes right out. The oil cooler tubes are easy to undo. When you get the new rad you need to check the new bolts and nuts are included. Mine weren't, so cable ties will have to do till I can buy some new ones. It's a good time to check and replace the belts if they need it. I did mine and have kept the old ones in the back as spares. Hope it goes okay. God bless, Andy
  8. Hi, The latest: I contacted Dennis Altman of Rover Ronovations. Very helpful. Ex-USA submariner in pneumatics. He said it was possible the NRVs. So after taking the valve block assembly out three times and checking the work I hd done, Lurch, the garage queen now sits up after 30sec - 2min and seems fine after that. It does lose about 6cm overnight, so I haven't found the leak, yet, but the car bimbles along happily once it's up and the pump cuts out some of the time, so it's not getting too hot. (No it's not the thermal cut-out). As q-rover says, it's not too demanding a job. A 12mm open spanner, an allen key and an 8mm and 13mm socket is all you need. Oh and a posidrive. Quite enjoyable really. Don't go to Rover! If I can do it, you can do it. Good luck.
  9. I have the 5-speed, too, but the BMW diesel engine. Slow but 31mpg on a trip and 21 mpg in town (UK galls)

  10. Have added a backup system which has lifted the back enough to drive okay, (44cm from hub to wheel arch) but the from only about 2cm (41cm) despite the same pressure as the rear (60psi). Any ideas folks?
  11. q-rover I have done the deed and it is probably worse now than before. The pump seal went okay (I managed to do it in situ as I didn't have the right Allen key for the screw on the crank) but I wasn't over-impressed with the replacement diaghragm seal in the Valve Block repair kit, so I put the other one back in. Cearly there is still an internal leak, so I guess that leaves the NRVs as chief suspect. All the air pipes seal well. I have checked heights with the free software, but as it pumps up (about 12 mins) the heights are all over the place. Front high, one minute and then on the stops with the back high a few minutes later. After half an hour or so it's down on the bump stops with no Christmas Tree beeping to suggest the ECU knows why. 'Elp! I have to do a 1000mile trip across Tanzania in 2 weeks.
  12. Thanks Old Hand. I suspect I will take longer, but have half a day laid aside for it. We'll see!
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