Feckin Fords.

Oct 23, 2005 7 Replies

Don't you just hate it when you cure one problem just to create another?



Decided to do the tappets on my Capri. Being a 2.8i it involves removing some of the coolant hoses to get the OS rocker cover off. Anyways, gets the tappets sorted, cures a rocker gasket oil leak at the same time. Decided as it was nearly winter and I had drained some water that now would be a good time to back flush the heater matrix and the rad. So, 20 years of rust, radweld and god knows what flushed out and all was well....



...until I got home and found steam coming from under the bonnet. Need a new radiator now. Bugger. Still, at least the heater works better than it ever has.


Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Bit less ground clearance in a Crapi than your wagon, eh?

Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Gosh, Conor, really?

Did you think perhaps all that Radweld was in there for the hell of it?

It's 20 years old, retard. Could have been in there for years.

Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Yes, it could. But why the hell do you think it was put in there in the first place?

Conor ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

And there was me, believing your claims that you're a perfect driver... Hiho. Another illusion shattered.

For a radiator that was replaced long ago?

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