dash is rally not that bad i changed it over 3 moths ago jsut wish i did this change 3 months ago whilst it was out! I was more checking that more of the engine bay did not have to come out

ok so p38 4.6 almost got to the route of the main probelms but jsut a little more advice needed to get me over thsi set of issues untill the next ones arrive! So Rad and Water pump swapped over with shiney parts and the last 2 weeks has given no overheadting issues just a slight drop in the...

Alan thanks for advice def not 8 pints in foot well an pipes are soft maybe a little too soft. Should hear shortly on o rings and and pressure test will get them to check head for visible signs of leakage but pretty sure that's not there Have driven again today and seems that the heater is...

Sorry for the poor spelling guys it was 1 am in Dubai and wanted to get a thread up so I could get an idea for when I woke up! Will get it in for another pressure test tomorrow and see what happens there. Just spoke to the garage and they seemd to think there were no leaks had tested hot and...

Ok last post was overheating happened 2 times so went in turned out the water pump was leaking a little and rad was pretty shot Now car pressure tested uP con collant spot on. This was Friday. I happened to have go abroad so got a friend to pop round and check the coolant as wide using it...

Ok rad and water pump on an full of coolant bled and tested for 3-4 hours with regular checking. No leaks and pressure tested up fine. As I haven't owned for long checked history and looks like o rings were replaced 3 weeks before I bought it so could well be left over damp from that Thanks...

Think il pressure test tomorrow and see how much it drops!

Ok thanks for advice is it ok to run with a leak I know it's a risk but thinking it could wait till I get back. Now I have replaced the complete interior including the dash so know how that comes out. I had a search and found the lhd write up on .net but not sure on the rhd applies will have...

Ok so had an issue with overheating on a p38 4.6 and advised rad had a small hole and water pump was leaking so had both replaced with oem parts Seems now the foot well is also wet and searched on here to find out looks like heater matrix is leaking. Are there really such a hard job to do...

Good hour of running all seems fine! Fingers crossed thanks for the help

Ok the good news is I took a video of my son driving about 2 mins before it got hot and I could see temp gauge was spot on so only got hot for max of 2 - 3 mins if that! Hoping for the best

It was hot for prob 5 mins left it for 5 mins and turned back on and had cooled enough for light to go out so thinking that it was not hot for that long but could be 10 mins at max It's only a grass field so no crap in fan Going to try and fire it back up again in a mo and see what happens!

Ok it's cool so starting to check top rad hose full of air there was colent in the header tank but guessing it was sitting on air. The colent that was in there was clean. Now taken 3.5l of water and bleed point on these? Can't remember checking colent before so can't really comment if...

Sorry forgot to say its a 4.6

Ok so first problem 99 p38 have run for last 12 weeks trouble free and have been really impressed however today came the first problem Ran about 200 miles to mother in laws as usual trouble free and decided to take it off down the range over a few bumps and try out the low ratios and let...