right, had a good look under the hood and i notice that the heater matrix hoses aren`t getting warm,would this cause my engine to overheat? also there seems to be a bit more bubbling than normal in the header tank, i also let the rad bung out and water with air bubbles is coming out is this my...

so i`ve been looking under the hood and i notice that most of the water hose`s are hot but the one for the heater matrix aren`t so maybe that`s my trouble? would this cause my engine to over heat? is taking the thermostat out tempory gonna harm the engine?

what`s the easiest way to flush the cooling system and heater matrix out so i can be rid of these headf##k air lock`s? :confused:

thanx mate,had a look rad looks almost new,like i say sometimes the heater works, only at high revs, if it doesn`t then engine overheats. at low speed it doesn`t heat up temp gauge is in the middle but no heating ever

i`m certain the heads ok it was done 12 months ago but an airlock sounds likely as i was told that off some1 already ,thank`s mate

hello everybody(anybody) i have a 96 300tdi disco all was well for ages untill recently i t overheated on the motorway i changed the thermostat as i was assured by a mechanic that that was all was wrong,at the same time i changed the header tank coz i had a new 1 handy,since then it has a mind...