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I had a rover 620ti, they are 197bhp as standard and only 1200kgs. He probably had a moto build dump valve like i did. They bolt straight onto the t25 and are loads louder than both my hks dv's together! The rover was quick, would keep up with scoobys between about 20 and 100mph, I kept the looks standard so looked like a grandad car and i used to go bmw and boxster hunting all the time! The lsd on the front wheel drive worked well but it got a bit boring after a while!

My stock clutch died, now have an rps street tt - loads better bites really hard.

White smoke = burning water = head gasket failure, cracked head if your really unlucky

Yeah that does sound like a good idea, now just need to find out which pipes are the input/output to the heater system!

£12! I paid £4.50 for one!

how easy is it to bypass then?

There is a link on the a-z of overheating page to a walkthrough on how to remove the heater matix without removing the dash but its a dead link Grr! The hissing/running water noise is coming from the passanger side behind the glove box anyway, i thought that is where the matrix is?

That'll explain all the rust in my coolant when i got the car! I have flushed it and use 50/50 mix of coolant so its clear and blue now. Looks like the damage had already been done, I'll get my spanners out!

Gutted, the water pump and stat, all the front pipes were changed 18 months ago. Just spend loads on my clutch and brakes as well! Its going back to the garage tomorrow as the exhaust is ratteling since they put it back on, I'll get them to check all the water pipes at the rear and underneith the engine again but they couldnt find a leak last time. The fact that my glove box is hissing and the carpet a bit wet sort of confirms it tho, bugger!

to markzx, can you get to the heater without going quite as far as you did in that pic?

Ok ta well my cooling system is priority 1 as cant drive it with the leak as its getting worse. I'll swap test the maf if the problem is not cured when i have the cooling system sorted and reset the ecu properly. Is the heater matrix in the middle of the dash or on the passenger side behind the glove box?

Back to the original subject, I'm pretty sure they would have pulled you over if they had clocked you. Put yourself in their shoes, if you were a copper and managed to clock a z doing 120mph of course you would pull them over! They wouldnt put the blues on then turn them off and report you, they would do the job properly and have a proper go at you.

bantam wheres ya coolant leak?

Was it a titanium key?

Arent lynxs meant to be fast?

I'm rust free but not for long! Chassis full of coolant!

Er thanks.. i Think!

What about one of your ecus?

Does it kick in at a certain rpm? Just wondering as im having trouble above 4k rpm.

The coolant temp stays about 80c until it gets too low. There is air in the system as it sometimes jumps to 95 then cools back down to 80 once the aire has passed the sender. The leak is in one of the heater pipes behind the glove box, can hear it hissing when I rev the car!

its been hot for two days now since it rained and still the same, me thinks its poorly! I will try another maf when i have dealt with my water leak! Grrr

think i will try swaping it for a working one, good to hear other people had simular problems with thiers in the wet! I have read that sometimes they are ok when dried out, but sometimes its terminal.

Hi All. My car has started missfiring at higher rpm, anything above 4k. I have since cleaned the maf and ptu connecters, also reset the ecu. It got much better after cleaning the maf but still misfiring loads. I have read other posts that suggest the maf can cause this. Can the car be ran without the maf connected to test this thory or is it 100% needed?

OK im loosing about 1-2 litres of water per 10 miles. What i think is happening is that the stat is only half opening and loads of pressure is building up. The rad is then overflowing into the expansion tank and thats overflowing into the chassis which is why the water coming out is cold, its a mixture of hot, cold from the expansion tank and cold from the chaais. When i pulled up today i could hear running water like had left a tap on, around the expansion bottle area. It was the sound of water running onto plastic, either the rad into the expansion bottle or the overflow of the bottle on to one of the plastic underbelly trays. After letting it cool down the rad took 2.5 litres to fill back up and the chassis was full of water!. There is also a hiss of escaping water/bubbles coming from behind the glove box and it seems to be leaking there. It hisses when you rev the car so it must be under pressure. it also hisses as soon as you start the car from cold, as the car is reving slightly higher? The water the comes out is cold tho. I think its leaking into the chassis and cooling off before coming out, when i accelerate i can hear water running down the car, loads of it like a river!

OK im loosing about 1-2 litres of water per 10 miles. What i think is happening is that the stat is only half opening and loads of pressure is building up. The rad is then overflowing into the expansion tank and thats overflowing into the chassis which is why the water coming out is cold, its a mixture of hot, cold from the expansion tank and cold from the chaais. When i pulled up today i could hear running water like had left a tap on, around the expansion bottle area. It was the sound of water running onto plastic, either the rad into the expansion bottle or the overflow of the bottle on to one of the plastic underbelly trays. After letting it cool down the rad took 2.5 litres to fill back up and the chassis was full of water!. There is also a hiss of escaping water/bubbles coming from behind the glove box and it seems to be leaking there. It hisses when you rev the car so it must be under pressure. it also hisses as soon as you start the car from cold, as the car is reving slightly higher? The water the comes out is cold tho. I think its leaking into the chassis and cooling off before coming out, when i accelerate i can hear water running down the car, loads of it like a river!