Morris Minor Owners Club

thanks for the handy hints. I've already bought the Speedflush, so just waiting for the bypass hose to turn up in and then I can get on with the job.

thanks again

Don't use the concertina type bypass hose - you have already seen what happens to it! The best one is simply a piece of thickwall heater hose - although someone on here was selling silicone bypass hoses recently.

Well, I've done everything suggested three times over (except the drain cleaner option which I will try at a later date), and still nothing comes from the engine block bolt so I'm giving up for now.

Took the car for a 30 mile spin and everything seems ok, I could even stick my finger in the rad water for a few seconds without burning my skin.

Weird.

Piece of bent wire in the drain hole - and wiggle it about vigorously! Drain cleaner (probably sodium hydroxide = caustic soda) should do the job - but don't leave it in for more than an hour, with engine running - then flush out several times.

I'll definitely try that next week.

thanks for all your help.

Probably ok if you can do that after 30 miles ! I have never undone a drain hole or stuck anything up it, you have all got me worried now

cormorant wrote:Probably ok if you can do that after 30 miles !

That's what I reckon, but I'll have another go soon as I'm determined that this niggling little thing won't beat me.