1.4 Rallye Overheating

[Lowercase 56]

cheers trog

 

and hell yea matt, new forest trip or something.

 

im undecided on whether to keep the half cage. its' a bit 'show cage' but the chap i got it off is a mate at work and is a real master craftsman with metal working, so i trust its safety aspects. and its certainly no bolt on chrome crap stuffed into a saxo. i think it suits the car though, and i like that i can still use a rear seat.

 

i think im going to change to the 'works' decals though. help break up the white a bit. and i think it will wear them well with white pepperpots, cage and the mudflaps etc.

 

im going to start making some smarter door cards soon using aluminium composite ( 0.5mm ali with 2mm acrylic and 0.5mm ali layers) really light and mega strong, and very cheap for a big sheet through work. so ill use the nackered original cards to get the size and go from there, a bit of decent quality black vinyl leather over them with a bit of simple stitch work should look the part and be very wallet friendly.

 

on topic though..

 

ordered a new stat and heater matrix and got some decent anti freeze today, so i can clean the rad out and get some fresh fluids in there and hopefully the new stat will cure the rad-fan not kicking in.

 

temp guage up next, do you think this will be reliable enough?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300723029759?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_1250wt_1142

[N3VRAM 12 1 Cars]

Looks good to me mate - the simple stuff works better IMO

[trogboy 17]

Does the top hose/radiator get hot when the engine gets up to temperature? That'll tell you if the thermostat is opening or not.

[N3VRAM 12 1 Cars]

to be honest this time of the year you could just take the thermostat out and you probably wouldn't notice the difference, not that a new one is expensive

[Lowercase 56]

ill check the pipe today, i spent my evening curing the crappy seats. ill have to start a project thread tonight and transfer some of this stuff over i think..

 

 

the seat covers in the above pictures stayed on for all of 12 hours before i took them back and changed them because they were rubbish and didnt fit.

 

so, after a day at work getting grubby, i thought id take a break from my own engine issues and do something indoors..

 

cue tired ripped rear bench!

the bottom half wasnt much better...

 

for all who say halfords seat covers are s*it, your doing it wrong! what can be acheived with a hogring tool and some spray adhesive

 

 

halfway through..

 

 

the top half needs just a few more corners pulling round but its already like a new interior! will do the nackered front seats after work tomorow.

[Lowercase 56]

new stat in and drained the coolant and flushed the rad out, and after removing the best part of the dash i pulled the leaky old heater matrix out and eepp, the new one wont fit in!

 

it isnt a genuine pug item but it should still fit? its litteraly 2mm tall.

 

how much are they from peugeot?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Your seats looked jsut like mine did... dont think ive ever seen a set that wasnt buggered.

[Lowercase 56]

sorted the cooling, minus the s*ite heater matrix, but now the indicators dont work lol, anyone got a diagram of the fuse box?

 

typical of peugeots, try and fix something and something else breaks