macca

Hi Have noticed a slight smell of hot water from my VR6 (122k) after a run out, there is no obvoius leaks and no real loss of collant. The coolant top up bottle was a rusty deposit colour, and signs of previous overheating splash marks around top up bottle. There are no signs of oil in the water and "mayo" in the oil, or overheating on the temp gauge. The rad has been flushed recently and anti freeze added. Any Ideas ??? when its left in the garage after a run you just get that smell like after you open the rad cap. It doesn't seam to be affecting the cars performance, just a little concerened, any others with similar experience?? Cheers.

How good is the bently manual, can get them in the US for abouts £60 delivered, is it worth it?? Had no need for one in my years ownership of a C, just thinking long term. cheers.

Thanks for info again, will leave it alone untill i need a clutch. Cheers Guy.

Is there a chance the tensioners will give up? has any one had this happen before? or is it just some thing that never happens?? Oil is all ways kept to the mark and I all ways let it warm up before any hard driving. Just dont want any unwanted heavy expenditure. Cheers.

Tanks for the advice guys, looks like the spanners are staying in the box :D

Hi After reading a few posts timing chains seam to need thinking about after 100k, my car has 122k with a good history. Was thinking will i need to replace the chains and tensioners? leave them untill they make a lot of noise? just replace the tensioners that can be done with out the g/box out? There is a slight chain noise on start up for a couple of secounds then runs well, are they oil fed tensioners just building up pressure?? All advice welcome, have been over keen in the past and spent £££ doing work that didnt need doing on other cars, I do like to tinker though :wink: