heater

biggaz wrote: ive had that before with an air lock in the system, temp gauge used to be erattic and heaters on/off

What was the solution?

well thats as good thing to know i was worried that i was gonna freeze to death but i would of kept it great offroadin in the snow :laugh: ill buy a new thermo as ive checked gauge doesnt move so thats kool cheers

I'm having the same problem at the moment.
On mine, the inlet manifold, + pipes, + connectors etc have to come off to remove the thermostat! What's that about???? :ohmy:

What has helped is me placing a thin sheet of plastic I had in the garage, cut to size, in front of the radiator.
After approx 2 to 3 miles, I have warmer air blowing into the cab. So much better.
Eventually the guage gets up to just below the half way mark. Before it used to stay on the stop!
Obviously I'll be keeping a close eye on it just in case it starts to get too hot.
If this should happen, I'll just slide the sheet to one side exposing more of the rad.

A new stat will go in but in a while, not happy about having to remove all the inlet side of things. Don't want Jim off the road if we're getting some more snow.

my heeter seems good except it has only 2 real settings..... effin hot or effin cold lol, everything inbetween is just the same

GGGGGGGRRRRRRRR so i got new thermastat fitted it took the old one out and it was upside down in the wrong way so had been crushed what ever noob had done it wrong anyway was all cushty got lovely and warm 10 miles in the gauge went up right up past the H so i pulled over and opened bonnet to let it cool down 10 mins later i was on my way again all warm this time it stayed at halfway point thort nuffin more of it got in it to drive again same thing happned 10 miles down road blah de blah by the time i got it home it was blowin feckin cold air again BRRRRRR so i got a new rad cap put dat on and nuffin is happening gone back to bein cold again so new cap new thermastat????? what else cud it be ?????? HELP

flush the hole system through with a hose (raditor ,matics heater )check the water pumps see if that helps