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Please help, I am having a coolant flow problem as I have an extra pipe that I dont know where to put. I will try and paint a picture in your head with what I am working with in the hope you will understand it and know how to advise me best.
ok, This is how I\'ve worked it out, start at the radiator and ther are two hose bottom left, one is the degassing pipe from thermostat housing, then thereis the big bayonet type pipe that runs to the pump, from the pump there are 3 external pipes, one to heater matrix, one to oil cooler and one to underside of thermostat housing, the heater matrix then comes back out to the back of the cylinder head, which in turn goes back through the block to the thermo house, which all makes sense. there is then the radiator top hose which goes from thermo housing direct to top of radiator opposite side to expansion tank. I am then left with one hose coming from the oil cooler which presumably is water coming out of the cooler as the pump is sending in on the other pipe. On my old engine this pipe went straight into the top hose between the thermo and the rad. Effectivley that would be putting it straight back to the radiator to then cool again. On the engine I have got now however it wasnt spliced that way and from what I\'ve seen of pictures when it was in the old car (written off) the pipe went to the expansion tank but on its own fitting next to the degassing pipe. Stupidly enough I didnt realise this was a degassing pipe at the time and had originally t\'d the pipe into the degassing pipe so it still flowed to the expansion tank, however this is putting a lot of pressure into the expansion tank even when cold and I think may of been the cause of the blown head gasket within a mile problem I had. I am really looking for a vote of confidence that putting it back to the top hose and effectively back to radiator makes sense. To me it sounds right as that way it is then cooled down again and makes a complete circuit, however the last thing I want is another problem occuring that may result in being more serious than a blown gasket such as broken oil cooler, cracked radiator etc. Someone else has told me it makes no sense being in the top hose as it would create a back pressure to the thermo hoousing and effectiveley stop the water flowing out of the cylinder head, but I cant see it as the pump is still drawing coolant from the rad therefore creating a vacuum effect that will pull the coolant the right way??
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Starting repeats tonight at 9:50 BBC2.

I would guess many on here will identify with these guys (I did) and find it most entertaining and amusing.

Episode 2 (which in true BBC fashion may not necessarily follow E1), contained many references to motoring and 'street furniture'. Read more

I'm picking up a 2001 Mondeo Zetec next week and have a question about the keys. The dealer gave me the main key with the 3 buttons (lock, unlock & unlock boot) along with a much smaller key with no buttons at all.
Should I expect 2 main keys? If I do and he hasn't got the other one, do they cost much to produce?

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This is just a reply to No Dosh in the computer forum -- Moddies pls wipe or redirect as appropriate and thanks to anyone with the patience to read this. If I stray outside the Board\'s boundaries put it down to anno domini and the tropical heat. (Jeez it\'s a killer this week, 36 C every day, Lord knows what my electric bill for a/c will be this month...)

LOL, ND -=- to your post in the Computer Forum..... with an ice cold San Miguel in the clutch hand and Growlette yelling faster faster from the back seat.......while I text my broker and tell him to sell my IBM stock.......Never mind the Nokia 6820.

No, not ever.

Whatever the impression conveyed I would like to say all our Harley riders in trhe Philppines and indeed the other clubs I know are mainly ex Nam or Gulf War and expat Brits who have seen a lot and done a lot and have a very realistic view of their own mortality, We do ride hard and fast, very much so, our Iron Butt Award went to a 1700km in 24 hours rider last month. Not sure I could do that myself. At all times we follow the traffic code (except at Easter when there isn\'t any traffic!) We dress appropriately in protective gear, especially our girls. Each ride has a designated leader who will navigate a section of the ride to a specific place, let\'s say a gas station with a Starbucks where we all take a break and then another leader will take over. He is responsible for paying the expressway tolls for everyone and leading the ride. At the back is a designated \"sweeper\" whose job it is to make sure everyone keeps up and to take care of a problem (flat tire, traffic violation etc). All have cellphones of course. especially important we all drink lots of H2O or Gatorade in this heat, particularly our girls with their small frames. We ride in staggered formation so we \"own\" the highway lanes we occupy and prevent PFD from crowding us. It is everybody\'s job to look after everybody else.

I would take my helmet off to our Filipinas, who are truly good sports and put up with our shenanigans. Terrific girls. Not only great to look at but they keep us in line and they love to ride as well. Those little arms wrapped around you -- would you believe Growlette sometimes dozes off on long straight stretches at 100 mph!...! Just keep \'em off the karaoke in the evenings....

There is a lady\'s riding course next week which i have enrolled Catherine on. She\'s a bit nervous with the way her Virago drops into the bends so I\'m hoping this will help. I would rather see her on a Harley Sportster which is a much solider bike, working on that but expensive....$$$

I cringe when Growlette says from the back of my Hog hey Dadi why did you freak out on that bend? You don\'t lay it into the corners like you used to when I first met you (old age). Oops, losing it mate, biker babe asserting authority.I have to admit my chicken strips on the tyres do look a bit unmolested despite 1000 km of country roads in 3 days.

Metzeler vs Dunlop? All suggestions gratefully received..... Thommo?.....

We participate in a number of action groups to lobby the authorities into raising the profile of motorcycles in their traffic planning. This has met with some success. www.motorcyclephilippines.com

The largest Harley group in the RP is probably the Mad Dogs MC. I\'m not a member (my group is The Chosen Few) but I do ride with them and they do a lot of good work for the orphanages and the street children. I am glad to participate in that. Growlette is at once an angel and a disciplinarian with the kids and they love a back-ride on her little Virago 400 cc. We took 40 of them on a flight round the big volcano the other week (can provide a link if anyone interested). Can\'t tell you how it felt to see those little faces grinning from ear to ear.

We drink a great deal of beer and shoot a lot of BS round the bar. Bikers do. The girls in de Pilipinas love to ride on Harleys. Hondayamazukis? Ducatis? No. I don\'t know why. Ask them.

Wouldn\'t swap it for anything.If this is where it all ends, well bring it on.

Doesn\'t get a whole lot better than that. Sorry if I bored you but there was a health warning up front.....
G out



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