Following on from getting my electrics up and running yesterday, got the engine started today.
Second turn of the key,, ran for about ten minutes then blew a large amount of the water out of the header tank cap. Water boiling in head, radiator
too cold for fan to come on. Took out thermostat, topped up water through stat housing, bypassed fan stat so fan ran all the time and restarted. Seems
to be ok now, standard 1300 Xflow with K&N and Lolocost exhaust runs great, sounds fantastic and smells like all cars should.
David
N1.. Great feeling init.
almost had a similar experience.........
nearly finished scrapping the escort after (cough) years and discovered why i've had ground clearance issues ...... blooming wheels i got from
the scrappy are 145/70's not 155/80's !!!!!
v.happy and v.sad at the same time ..... poor escort
bits for sale later today.
Well done. I wanted to pop over and see your car this weekend. Pity I missed the big start up.
Geoff
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Originally posted by flange nut
Well done. I wanted to pop over and see your car this weekend. Pity I missed the big start up.
Geoff