I've re-bled the system, fitted this supposed " good condition " radiator, took just took it for a spin, first time in 2 days..
temps seem to have been fine, wasn't driving like a madman... just went out for 15/20 mins to see if it went up like it did the other day, but it didn't and the temp was fine... it wasn't untill the rad started to piss out water that the temp went above half
So, I think I've solved the heat issue..
So that's good news then mate?
Is it still smoking though? how's it running? pull ok?