nice one fin! to dark to look now but first thing tomorrow the drain down and flush thing went well (ish) i do think it was the thermostat as when i refilled the rad with the flush and let it idle for 10 the gauge was hot as but rad and lower hose cold so i removed stat and ran again, heat all round. the fan not kickin in is a separate issue i think as it used to come in at just after 90 on the gauge but after changing stat and coolant it took a 30 min drive and 30 min at idle to even get to the point where the fan used to come in..
cool cool. if your using it before you get fan sussed you can use the heater to keep temp down turn to hot with interior fan on full bore should keep temp down when stuck in traffic
