Originally Posted by Toe Knee
Eh what when where?! lol
Yea the bottom pipes cold going to the rad from pump, there isnt an inlet to the rad thou mate other than filling thru the header tank

Tony
Have no worries about the block surface mate as i drove the car that it came out of all the way back from Portsmouth and the coolant temp didn't even go to half way!
From the sound of things the coolant isn't circulating mate!
Take the rad out and flush it properly and flush the whole coolant sytem thoroughly!!
If that doesn't work then i can only think it will be the water pump buggered or thermostat not opening!!! Do not just because it is new discount the stat as they can stop working at any time and i once bought 3 new ones before i got one that worked!!!!
Best of luck mate but i personaly do not believe from what i have read on here that it is your headgasket etc....