So... little update..... After failing a couple of weekend ago to get the car up in the air high enough to get my axle stands under it with my existing jack (no room in garage to jack from side) i invested in one of these:
http://www.sgs-engineering.com/garag...m-trolley-jack
Nice bit of kit and a good reach.
So spent this afternoon under the car tinkering. Definitely won't be in the scoob at tomorrow's meet as it currently has no coolant (or battery) in it.
Changed both the top and bottom rad hose easily enough, although one of the oem hose clips was being a bit of a pig for a while.
Still have the minor oil leak that I discovered last July (been busy working on house rather than car!) so next job is to fix that. Definitely looks like its seeping out between the block and the oil modine as the block looks clean and dry but the sides of the modine are all oily.
Got a replacement O ring for it, and having no coolant in the car will make the change easier too.
Couple of questions though.... first - coolant recommendations? Not sure what was in there before as I expect SMD put it in there but it was a nice shade of orangy-pink.
Second... the expansion bottle is a right state, full of slime and gunk at the bottom. I could probably clean it out with a pressure washer but it'd be a damn messy job. Was thinking of just replacing from importcarparts for a shiny new one, but the one they list is 02-07 and different part code to whats stamped on my bottle.
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...y=&searchPart=
I know the radiators are different between bug and blob (blob has filler cap on top) but anyone know if the expansion bottle in the link would fit a bug? Surely they can't be different
