(16-02-2015, 11:24 PM)adam b Wrote: Before you do anything I'd really get that top rad hose sorted. Its not going to be letting much fluid through at all with the bend in it which is why it keeps blowing past on the hose connection.
You'd be better off using a flexi silicon job that would turn through the radius rather than forcing that one to work - you'll be forever chasing the leak and therefore air in the system. Very expensive with waterless coolant.
its worked spot on for the past few years, we sussed out what the faults were. One of the hose clips, went crap. wouldn't nip off properly. Also if the rad hose gets disturbed that can cause it to weep past, where the hose meets the rad. ( drivers side) but what I found with that, was that the hose wasn't in the proper position like it normally is on a derv, I managed to get hold of the missing bracket that keeps the hose in the proper position. Never had any trouble, only when it needed bleeding as metros are bastard to bleed. it would sometimes weep there. I am thinking on reworking the idea again. just need to get hold of a second hand Derv rad to mod the top pipe from and go from there really. Or get another one made up.
Laugh is the top hose is the shape I needed at the time, not even forced into position at all. Might look like it tbh.
In fact I think I may have more coolant in the system, than a standard car, as that rad is f*cking thick and fills the full front end.
seems miles happier with the waterless stuff mind,
I will keep that in mind! as I am sure it had something like that on, the gta 16v system, as that was converted over to mpi and the top hose was an spi.