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Welton wrote:

Tiny Tim wrote:posted a video

You can't say that without showing us. Please?

Lol might be a tad difficult to find now... the other owners club Im in is currently down after the server self-destructed.. when its back up i'll have a hunt for it.

I say enjoy too! :cheesy: Whilst taking part on a track day last year, a mate decided he wanted a slice of the action and took out his 2.1td D8 estate... much 'drifting' ensued... so much so that the resident 200sx owners club participants were giving us the thumbs up and even posted a video on thei...

Oh joys. Can you even get in a 2.1 without having to jack the front up

Hmmm. Jut got home from work, opened the bonnet to find a hot bottom hose.... thats more like it!

Think i'll replace the 'stat just incase.

Thanks for all your help guys.

Ok, cheers for that.

Can you tell me where the two sensors sit? - is it the one I cleaned up yesterday that brought the fan on when I unplugged it? - Brown connector that sits in front of the thermostat housing?

Temp sits a squidge (is that even a word?) above 80 on the gauge as it always has done. Top hose is hot as it should be and heaters blow hot when upto temp. Also, both heater matrix hoses are hot.

Ok, im confused now. After a run in the car and getting it upto temp, the bottom rad hose is still cool but the heater fan is blowing out hot air. Is this still likely to be a thermostat issue?

Thanks, i'll take a peek this afternoon.

Oh, while im here. Am I right in thinking the stat sits on the end of the head behind the air filter on the 2.1TD's? - My Haynes has gone walkies

No, its a non-aircon model... i cant afford luxuries like that

Well the fan hasnt come on this morning after my 7 mile drive to work stop-start... the bottom rad hose however is still cool... think i'll try re-bleeding it before looking at the 'stat etc

Sounds weird I know... I've recently had a new rad in, had a few issues with the bottom hose popping which i've now sorted, it stays on nicely BUT... I've just been for a short drive after bleeding the system and the cars 'up to temp' - its sitting nicely at 80degrees as it has done previously. On t...

The gauge on my D8 diesel is shite too... I can start the car, get a reading, kill it, wait 20 seconds, fire her up again and the reading can drop/rise by a mm or 2. Gooooo french electrics!

Well, I may have to get a new hose if I cant get the hose to stay on. The 406 is my daily and has been off the road for 2 weeks now... the 11 turbo isnt too good on fuel

Im suprised no-one has mentioned the fact that the turbo's gone yet...

If the turbo has seized, likelyhood is its down to oil starvation... Personally i'd be looking to find out why to save it happening again... might be worth getting a new/refurb oil pump.

Yeah sorry, should have confirmed the engine.. its a 2.1TD D8. Wasnt fun went it let go, I was in the car with the wife and our 8 month old son inches away from traffic travelling at 80+ on a grass verge :| Still... i've never been so releived not to get any during the course of a weekend :cheesy: T...