Originally Posted by
Ashy
The 16v rad has a bleed screw at the top, its the same rad that i'm using and it works fine, but as you say Scoff mines pipped up with the T-Stat to the rhs of the rad (looking from in front of the car) and the water pump inlet to the bottom (left hand) outlet of the radiator.
THinking about it Matt its proably fine but maybe the sensor is slightly out like you say, a few % on the calibration. might make 90degrees seem like 95 which makes it look worse!!
Best bet is to plumb your temp gauge in and see what that reads to be sure!
The spare T-stat I have is 89 degrees so I guess thats the same as yours? If you find out what the thread is on the adaptor I can get a boss made and welded onto a spare T-stat housing for you to fit your gauge sensor in.