4 hours in london traffic

[snowwolf]

Spent 4 hours in london traffic today with hold ups galore, air con on full and not once did the temp gauge budge from the middle, I really thought if the head was gonna go, it would have been today. it sure was a good test!
Fingers still crossed tho.

[muncher]

Yeh the head issues are a little scarey, but there are more out there without probs than with, i think.
Recently i drove 3hrs at around 120 - 135 kmh M5,M6 motorway. I had the A/C on most of the time. The Surf didn't us a drop of oil or water, the temp stayed slap bang in the middle too.
I thought that sort of traffic chaos was supposed to dissappear under Livingstone's dictatership?

[snowwolf]

water probs

Well lets hope we have both got good ones mate, I have had my surf for nearly a year now and have done just under 30,000 KM and all I have changed is the usual oil/filter, front pads and the rad cap, it only uses a cup of oil between oil changes and I have never had to top up the water, the only hassle I did have was in hot weather and driving up Porlock hill, and it transfered about a pint of the cooling water into the expansion tank, so was told to change the rad cap, all I done was to lift out the expansion tank and poured it back into the filler cap, I have not bothered to change the fluid as it is still a nice green colour, I suppose I should think about changing the timing belt as it has done 106,000 km's, mmm I better book it in to be done

[muncher]

The belts are quite important, has your indicater light come on the dash yet?
Same as you i have changed oil/filters etc and it goes fine. Even had it sideways ,on hard susp, in the wet. This is the first Surf i have owned didn't know just how good these things are..........muncher

[muncher]

Sorry just read your other thread about dash lights.....Doh

[Elvz]

Most of the Surfs I've owned have spent the majority of their driving time in heavy traffic either here in London or in Metro Cebu... it's not an exceptional thing.