Saracen Radiator question

[mwarrior]

Attempting to diagnose an overheating issue (mentioned on another post here), I took my radiator off to see if it is leaking or blocked.

 

After noticing that no water leaks out when it is full of water, I noticed that when draining the radiator, no matter which way you turn it, at least a few liters are still remaining inside the unit.

Is this something normal? That water stays in even if you tilt/turn it every way possible, or do I need to have it looked at by a radiator shop?

 

That said, can most radiator or truck radiator shops deal with this or are the AFV/FV radiators very different?

[stephanedu14]

I' will try to put a product for scaled. or then it in a specialist in the radiator carries.

[mwarrior]

Descaler is something I havent thought of, I'll try that today first. Good idea

Anybody else?

[haybaggerman]

Hi

 

Just picked this thread up, I'm dealing with overheating too. Did you find the problem in the end?

 

Cheers

 

Paul

[griff66]

when i had had the over heating issue on my ferret it turned out to be after lots of blind avenues the pressure/vacuum release device that sits on to of radiator not sealing correctly.

[haybaggerman]

so you had a lack of pressure in the cooling system? I have a leaky filler cap which would do the same thing I imagine.

 

Paul

[griff66]

yeh no pressure in system fluid used to vent out of hull outlet allways topping it up now, temp gauge 180-185 no fluid out of hull outlet and system never seems to need topping up:)