ingham 5 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 fooking thing thermostat stuckboiled over ,rad coolpraying that head gasket not blownstarting to get p***ed off with coolant side of carpete going to lend me a stat ,nice one pete*Note to all* get ur thermostat changed!not gettin mine changed may have cost me best part of £500 ! Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 what milleage u got? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Andy 0 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Mine was starting to creap up on the water temp dial, and bought and got a mate to fit the new stat and coolant, the Vr is much happier now and running cooler, mines got 83K on the clock. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 did mine when i changed the hoses for samco's! mine had been stuck open for a while, so not as bad as being stuck shut, runs a bit cooler now to thanks to the neuspeed thermostat! Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 cars done 97 k now, managed to borrow a neuspeed job form pete(nice one pete) just hopin head gasket ok,would have fitted it my self but for an accident with grinder 30 min before vr broke (my finger will never be same shape again) Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 bummer dude, hope it wasn't your w***ing/wiping hand! hope you get car sorted soon, let us know! atb matey! Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 yo mate didnt your oil cooler hose pop the other week my old car done pretty much the same thing oil cooler blew hose within a month head gasket was knackered personally i think its the start ov things when the oil cooler hose goes . Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 oh if you need any spare hands to help you fix give me a shout mate. Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted May 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 all fixed ,head gasket ok so far must have noticed in time,running nice and cool .thanks to a neuspeed thermostat(cheers pete) finger much better now aswell Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted May 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 noticed a bonus of a neuspeed thermostat , more M P G !! Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 cant understand how. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
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