Quote Originally Posted by white16valver
Sounds like it might be worth doing a cooling system flush (and maybe an overhaul) - this should clear the crap out and help the cooling process be more efficient

It might also be that your rad is a bit gunked up with road crap so it could be worth spraying through the fins with medium pressure water. Not too high pressure though as I believe the rads are quite delicate!

Mine always gets quite hot when ragging it so I'll let you know if it changes after I do my rad and matrix!

Did you open the bonnet when you'd stopped afterwards, and park so the rad faced into the wind and there was wind flow over the top of the engine? I find this the best thing for mine
well my coolant is only 16k miles / 2 years old ,i am using the pink/red stuff and i have flushed a million times before i fitted a brand new tank on there . but funny enough the color of coolant has gone quite dull .
may be there is a tiny oil leak into the cooling system causing this ?

i think i will just rip apart soon and find out what the problem is