try a good radiator and engine flush if it's anold van you would be surprised at the amount of crud that builds up in there , i only use distiled water in mine it reduces the limescale build up . STAN
I think I will get this done at the earliest opportunity.
try downloading the service/repair manual from my dropbox account, as it will help you
https://www.dropbox.com/s/grfvdred22pbytc/Mercedes-207-208-210-307-308-310-408-410D.pdf?dl=0
I have the original owners manual which came with the van. I have also downloaded this now. Thank you so much - brilliant! I have some bed time reading!!!
Went for a short drive today. It runs beautifully without a glitch until you hit those hills, then the temp just goes up and up!
It occurred to me that we are looking at this problem wrong. Well, I was any way!
It really doe snot matter (Doe snot!?!? lol) Does not! matter what this darned noise is. If the van never overheats again, I will never hear the noise again. So lets try and figure out why it is overheating, and how we can stop it!!!!!
If I was on the UK I would have the fans fitted which Tootles posted about, and get all the other stuff done too as mentioned in this post. I just don't know how to get it all done in Portugal. However - I have got a couple of really good people around me who are helping. So hopefully come Monday I will be well on the way to having this and my prop shaft problems fixed! Fingers crossed.