SkylineV35

Thanks Alex hearing that from you gives me much assurance

Oil cap is clean as a whistle!

Im in Cardiff, Ive been recommended niss tech in swansea, has anyone had any dealings with them?

She still pulls as strong as i first got her theres no mix of coolant in water tank or oil.

Today i went to nissan and ask if they had any specialists tools for airlock.. they sent me out a mechanic. Who started squeezing pipes and said oh these are rock solid its holding pressure like a pressure cooker. then he opened my radiator cap and coolant splashed out and he qickly closed it and said it shouldnt be doing that, to which i replied iv been driving for the past 20mins. He then announced that i have two blown headgaskets and thats why i have no heat? Guys please tell me this guy is being a donkey? I thought if your car is up to temperature and you open the radiator cap it will pour out regardless of headgasket or not? And then when i asked him would they be able to replace there he said oh we wouldnt touch that and id need my heads skimmed down too? My car is still overheating but just by a little over the half way line.. Are there any tell tale signs of blown headgasket i asked him and he said no!? I would have thought the oil would be mixed or pourin out black smoke or something surely?

No mine is actually from super autobacs or something when i when i went to to tokyo.. so im 100% certain its a genuine lols

Or should I just wing it in to nissan and let them to a coolant flush and change then at least something goes wrong iv got someone to blame? lol

Erm...guys.. overheating is back and when i idle and rev to 3000rpm i can hear what can only seem as fluid rushing into the heater matrix i think..

Where can you get that from what issit called? Il get you the link when I'm on the pc mate Thanks man i can see it as a good longterm investment the amount of headache from this airlock business!!

Aha I found what i was looking for thanks Zmanalex!

Where can you get that from what issit called?

Dam airlock! So its not the waterpump then? sweet save me a few pennies. Ok If i put the front up on a jack and do the bleeding process again i should be fine yes? I skipped out the jacking as i didnt have one. Oh when i was descibing the hot and cold i wasnt talking about the temp gauge but the heat in the cabin btw

I think the airbleed did the trick no more overheating.. but now I have a new problem. There is no hot air on idle... but when im drivng it gets hot, when im idling in traffic its cold, but when i rev it in traffic it gets warm. Is that the water pump problem? My radiator cap is a nismo effort and its pretty fine i think. i seen no leakage or foaming from radiator cap. Thanks guys I only have two weeks to solve this

Issit normal to foam? I did it till there was no more foam or bubbles and capped it off then. did same with radiator cap. Now its not overheating but now i have no heat in the cabin at all.. whereas before it was warmish.

"No airlock issues if you drain from the bottom of the radiator and refill carefully. To do a full flush you need to drain the fluid from the engine block too which will be difficult and you'll be more at risk of getting a lot of air in the system. I recommend only replacing what you drain from the radiator which was around 6L when I did it (there's approx 8.7L total coolant in system) There is a bleed screw at the top right of the engine bay near the firewall which you need to remove when you refill, coolant will bubble through it whilst you're filling it and when it overflows out with no bubbles replace the bleed screw and continue filling. You shouldn't get any air in the system that way, make sure you pour slowly. " Does this mean i have to drain the coolant out completely to get rid of airlock? Are there any how to's on getting rid of airlock Iv tried searching cant find anything as yet thanks guys

Im about to put on the ole mechanics suit and look.. the coolant had dropped from max by 1cm but that could be due to air. Im going to have a search through the forum about airlock but issit something fairly simple to do. There is onestep i missed out i forgot to take the bleeder valve when filling the coolant up.

Im just thinking i disconnected the top hose to drain a little coolant out so as i could add radiator weld. Could air in the system possibly cause it to overheat that much? I did sit with the car on idle and waited for all the bubbles to stop before topping up the radiator as to bleeding wise.

It is so annoying! Lasttime i was overheating it was due to the fan not working. I had replaced with Mishimoto dual fan and shroud setup courtesy of Zedmanalex. I know the fans are definately working as I sat and let the car build up to temperature and first fan kicked in and when i switch on aircon the second fan kicks in hard. Now what else could be the problem? I had a small coolant leak or so i thought so i used some radiator weld stuff which has solved the problem. But recently during a heavy traffic afternoon i noticed this on my dash. And ever since whenever im sat at idle or going slow the car temp climbs. Could it be possible the weld stuff has blocked my thermostat? I have turned on the heaters and the there is heat but I dont think its as hot as it used to be. I dont know if for sure. Could it be jammed slightly open? Or has the radiator weld messed up my water pump? This is so annoying as im supposed to be doing a trip up to scotland in 2weeks time for chinese new year. Iv also did an oil check my oil is slightly above high. Please help!

Wow i love the last one!

HiHi and Welcome!

Issit really necessary for all that bracing? I thought our cars were pretty tough as they are lol

Hey Hey Welcome! Its good to have someone from across the pond! il do you a deal you find me parts for my G35 and if you need things from over here il get them for you haha

Zed Targa?! wow im intrigued! Did they just chop the roof off?

I dont like harlfords half the time they dont know what they are doing or looking for.. the staff are fun to chat to though when im bored I go there to chat to random staff about cars haha

Wow you must have patience of a saint! Good work when are you expecting to have this all complete?