I will re-read the instructions and give it a go at the weekend
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I bled the radiator and the problem was still there. So I drained the coolant and flushed the system and then refilled.
Strangely as I re filled the coolant bottle, the liquid did not flow into the system but stayed in the bottle. Squeezing the top and bottom pipe had little effect. So I blew in to the top of the bottle (avoiding blow back) and the liquid level in the bottle dropped a little. I had to repeat this process several times to get enough coolant into the system to get it to come out of the 2 bleed points.
Then I ran the car expecting the level in the bottle to drop so I could re-bleed, but the level didn't drop very much at all. So I got the car up to temperature and the problem overheating is still there. Top and bottom pipes hot, radiator hot, heater hot.
I got the strong impression that the coolant just isn't circulating very much, if at all. So I assume this is either the water pump or the thermostat or a blockage somewhere?
Should I start with replacing the thermostat?
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PS add an extra earth wire from battery -ve to body it works wonders .
You choose either thermostat, fan switch or heater gauge sender unit .
If you think coolant not circulating do thermostat.
To fill system remove a hose from heater matrix it's in engine bay easy access, put funnel in hose and fill through funnel. Make sure you set heater control to hot. Loosen bleed points etc...
Trying to fill system through the tank is not effective and there is most likely air in your cooling system.
Take out battery, the hoses for Heater are on outside of box with grill on top possibly there is some type of synthetic stiff fabric covering the heater valve and heater pipes.The hoses to the heater matrix run into a boxed in insulated section with a grill on top. Does that just come apart to expose the hoses?
The Haynes manual shows this for the 903cc, but not additional detail for the 999cc Fire engine (like mine)
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