now i know...

[deemoE36]

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally relief !

all good,
bought this solution for flushing cooling system (cheers matt for the tip) kept the car running for bout 25 min, then drained cooling fluid, had a hose running through for a while as well then got coolant in there

at the same time, had flushing solution in the engine, drained oil (looked rather watery) placed new oil in, ran the car for a while, took it for a 10min drive got back and the temp was sitting at 85 the whole time, left it for another 15min to run, after 10 min got up to 90 thats where the fans kicked in and kept it there

so i would say thats fixed, love it

[Water Boy]

Demil u have a 1.8 correct? Wat mods have u done to get it going a little better as i have a CL too

Love to know as my car will hopefully be coming home from the panel shop

[deemoE36]

nah mine is gl 2.0l

i would do just the usual, intake, exhaust and some handling components

they r the mods that you can do for a reasonable price, everything more becomes bit to much

[Golf Loon]

Nice work mate.
Headgasket at home in a tiny garage after work. Thats good stuff man.
Especially putting your own ported head on.
Thats how you do it guys.

[deemoE36]

thanks mate, blushing now

while am at it, what would be the best oil to use

so far i used GTX3 castrol and its been good, i was just wondering if someone has better solution

[MattyT]

Motul ftw

[deemoE36]

Motul ftw

sorry mate, got no idea what u meant lol

what kinda oil does everyone else uses in theyr mk3s ???

[MattyT]

MOTUL FTW!!! hahaha

Basically motul is one of the better oil brands out there.

I use Fuchs Super GTO 10-30w but will be changing to Motul 4100 power or maybe 300v chrono on my next service.

[deemoE36]

MOTUL FTW!!! hahaha

Basically motul is one of the better oil brands out there.

I use Fuchs Super GTO 10-30w but will be changing to Motul 4100 power or maybe 300v chrono on my next service.

a righty o, didnt know what u were on about there for a whilr cheers for that ill have a look at it

[runamuk]

What solution did you use to flush?

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally relief !

all good,
bought this solution for flushing cooling system (cheers matt for the tip) kept the car running for bout 25 min, then drained cooling fluid, had a hose running through for a while as well then got coolant in there

at the same time, had flushing solution in the engine, drained oil (looked rather watery) placed new oil in, ran the car for a while, took it for a 10min drive got back and the temp was sitting at 85 the whole time, left it for another 15min to run, after 10 min got up to 90 thats where the fans kicked in and kept it there

so i would say thats fixed, love it