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bigfatsi:
This time last Saturday a mere TD sat beneath the bonnet. 1 week on and it's now.....Tdi Powered!

I've been out laning in it today as a 'shake down' and so far, so so good. Except the temperature gauge...

Does the Td run cooler than the Tdi? I found that despite swapping the TD sender into the Tdi it now reads a lot hotter. At first I thought it was an airlock and that the car was overheating but it stayed steady at the end of the white line. I then surmised that because the bottom hose was cold the thermostat was stuck shut. I removed it but then it didn't get off cold. My current line of thinking is that the Tdi must run a bit hotter hence why my TD gauge is reading high. Does this make sense?

Help, please!

Simon

Xtremeteam:
u have a disco engine fitted?

the sender unit is totaly different, & reads miles out,mine did that when i fitted it

Bob696:
Don't know about the TD but the NA has an 82 degree thermostate whilst the Tdi has an 88.

If I run mine with 88 (its all original Tdi but with new sender and guage) then it runs at the top of the white. I run it with an 82 now and it runs smack in the middle unless I am working it hard. My m8s 200 is exactly the same.

bigfatsi:
Cheers guys. I'll get a new stat. I ran it home long the A1 last night and I don't think the stat even opened. Put it this way, the water in the reservoir was cold. Having said, I guess it is a brand new radiator so it may be that it's just very efficient at it's job!

Simon.

mmgemini:
Pleased to see you got it "finished" in time to get away.

Shout if you need any more help.

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