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RRC 300 TDI retrofit cooling questions

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PoPrivit:
Hi Darren,

just something a bit special about a classic RR. I've had 3 now and soon to be 4.

first was a 1990 early G vogue SE 3.5 V8 auto leather ETC. Nice motor i did a P/X for a 3.9 V8 disco that i had.....just got fed up with filling it up and that was 5 years ago :shock:  ECU went on that one but when i sorted it with a new ECU all you could hear was the fan when it was ticking over.....Smooth..........

Next one was a 1990 late G 3.9 SE auto running Gas. Twin tanks under the sills. again a nice motor with full leather. Gas was great but not that many places then to fill up. so it had to go.

I love the V8's sound fantastic when you put your foot down.........And off road when you get bogged down in a bit of mud....... :D  :D



Had to go TDi though it's a close thing on Gas. Think i'm going to truck cab and bobtail my 300 converted classic now and keep her for play  :D
so that's my winter project sorted.

just going to use the new one on the road for work.  There have been a few factory 200 Tdi's on E-blag over that last few weeks and going for realistic prices too. just missed out on a 94 L man with gearbox probs for £500  :(

when i get my Head Gasket sorted will have to catch up for a days laning.

dazzawhipple:
Rich,

Laning yes am up for that..... was your side of the county yesterday in the disco

We are planning to use the RRC as the normal one

Darren

bullfrog:
I have a 300 in my RRC and I bled the air using the bleed valve on the top of the rad !
I put the hose in the bottle and ran it till water came out.
I had car upto temp first.
Hope this helps.
Also worth fitting restrictor to top hose on rad to help with warm up.
They were built for global market and over cool in uk .

PoPrivit:
Cheers chap i tried a rad valve in the top stat housing on mine but didnt work too well. I'll have another go when i put her back together. I think the key is to fill slowly and run up to temp then top up again with hose as you said. Begining to think i was better off with the V8 it may have only run on 6 of the 8 and consumed more oil than petrol :shock:  but it didn't overheat. Didn't get anyone trying to tailgate you either.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Range Rover Blues:
Is your new one just EAS on the backor all round? does it have ACE as well?

Like all things Land Rover the EAS is great 'till it goes wrong but with the correct maintenence it is far less likely to happen, if yours has been looked after then don't worry unduly.

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