At 17:14 1/9/00 , David Clark wrote:
>temperature gauge goes from the left side of warning light (normal) to the
>right side but never off the gauge whilst climbing.

Normal, according to the manual.  To paraphrase it, "if the light is not
flashing, you're ok even if the gauge shows very high."

>   If I stop when the road
>levels out usually to pay a road toll, or slow down for the customs post -
>clouds of steam appear from the back as coolant overflows from the pressure
>cap onto the exhaust.

Ah Ha!  It should be overflowing from the pressure cap into the little hose
that goes to the nonpressurised overflow tank, thence to be recovered when
the stuff in the system shrinks back down.

david

PS -- it's possible that getting rid of the Humber or swapping it for a
Sunbeam Imp would improve the situation... :)
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"