hi peeps i will soon be doing all the coolant side of things,but the manual dosnt seem to help much.anyone out there can give me a diagram of how the pipes should run would be great.theres a threaded hole in the bottom of my inlet manifold????whats that for?? cheers chaps

looking at front of engine( timing belt pulleys) top right hose goes to top radiator, left side halfway down block to bottom of radiator, in this hose try to incorporate a smaller pipe which runs to the main output feed in header tank( bigger the better, sierra tank ideal).The smaller pipe in header tank goes to outlet in manifold. Try to keep header tank as high possible on bulkhead.
I have this setup on my MK with no problems.
Skippad

cheers for that m8..dont supose you have any pics you can send me.cheers

hi billy
i'm afraid my digital camera's f****ed at moment... so no pics.
The only real problem is extending the pipes and getting the right bends in the hoses( i went to local scrappy and got a load of different shaped hoses including a one with a smaller hose coming out at right angles, which goes to header tank) there is like this hose on a sierra engine. I found some ali pipe to extend hoses.
The outlet at rear of xe engine can be blanked off, either with plumbers brass tapered plug(1/2'' BSP)soft alloy can be tapped, or tight fit core plug.
hope this is some help.
skippad

I found these Billy :



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well thanx mr g .top man you are those pics are fab,could do with someone like you to help me finish off my kit...cheers