cold bottom

[si tate]

After been stuck in traffic for the past hour & half pulled into the drive & don't ask why but thought i'd take a look under the bonnet. Top of rad was red hot but half way down was clap cold & so was bottom hose. Temp gauge never moves & heaters blow nice & hot. Is it a case of new stat & a good flush or something more sinister.

[jotto]

That is how it works, hot in the top cold out the bottom.
You do not have a promlem.

[biosurf]

That is how it works, hot in the top cold out the bottom.
You do not have a promlem.

and isnt that just the answer you want from a question!

[si tate]

That is how it works, hot in the top cold out the bottom.
You do not have a promlem.

What even after stood in traffic nearly 2 hours, thought the whole rad would be hot by that point?

[Sancho]

If your radiator is cold at the bottom, even more so half way down, it's a sign that it's working very nicely.

[si tate]

PHEW, Thanks fella's you have no idea of the relief, i was on full panic stations for a minute there.

And this one is for me for being a div