If you live in Carramar, you can probably hear the word FUCK echo and spanners and sockets hitting the back of the shed.

My radiator system has driven me to complete anger. My car started over heating a while back, so I emptied the fluid, and filled it back up. Sweet, 3 days of no overheating. Then it did it again, so I took the radiator out, took it to get flushed when the bloke told me it was leaking from the inner core.

So I got a new radiator. Put it all back together, installed it, plumbed everything back up with new hoses and clamps. Filled it back up (whilst running, checking bubbles etc.) It didn't overheat after I took it for a lap. Got to the lights, and boom. Overheated again. Now I am stumped.

Where could it be blocked? I've flushed the system, checked all hoses and I've done about 5 compression tests checking for leaks. The compression is spot on.

Any help would be appriciated, thanks

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could have done a head gasket.
happened to me last week.
have you overheated it before all of this?

Head gasket is fine mate, otherwise it would show in the compression test. It would be leaking..

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thermostat?
block in the heater core lines?

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thermostat stickng? dump it in some boiling water and see if it opens.

Cheers guys, I'll try thermostat. Cheers!

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bleed the air out of the system so you dont have 'airlock'

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MY00 GT Forester with STi goodies

Yeah that was my other concern. I didn't take the cap off near the dipstick. I'll take that off first, top it up and re-cap it.

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correct me if im wrong but to do this correctly shouldnt you have the front of the car raised slightly whilst filling it?

i believe you are correct.