steve in stockport

i'm experimenting with a seat marbella radiator at the moment, fits vertical right at the front of the chassis on a wishbone 2b,it's a two core aluminium job, the connections are the same size as the sierra and in roughly the right places. got it fastened to a nissan micra expansion bottle and i'm tryin to find a front mounted fan to blow through it. this set up will give me shed loads of room between the rear of the rad and the engine for other odds and sods - will keep you posted with how I get on. steve

peril it might not be bad news all the way - you say that you've just finished running in but you don't say if you re-torqued the head bolts after the engine was run up to operating temp for the very first time after the rebuild. suggest you whip the head off, put back on with new gasket and bolts run it up to temp then while it's still hot take the cam cover off and re-torque the head bolts - they expand when the engine is hot! once it's cooled you have to reset the tappets(cam followers) then refit the cam cover - thats what mr haynes says to do. good luck steve