i have been out today and bought a XR2i rad ( brand new) temp sensor and fan temp sensor!

Will be fitting it tomorrow, and im v confident this is going to sort it. I had a compression and some sort of fluid test done on the header tank to look for any head gasket leaks today.

Apparently the compression is very cood, and very even across all 4 cylinders and the fluid test showed that everything was fine....

I have done 59 miles (the most in a day i have ever done in three months of ownership and not once did it boil or hit the red, because i have now removed the turbo cooling, with the new rad it should be icy cool!!

YAY!!