Rust81

Hi, thought I would provide an update. So I replaced the water pump and decided to replace the expansion bottle whilst I was there as it had to come out anyway to carry out the repair. It’s much easier to see the coolant level now as the bottle is new and not stained. So it’s been two weeks since I replaced the pump and so far so good. No error codes being thrown and the car is taking c.5 mins to get up to temp which is a bit longer than before. So I suspect the issue was with the thermo unit rather than the pump. 

Hi - quick update as car has just been in to the garage. There’s a small leak coming from the pipe at the bottom of the radiator and there is also some staining on the rad itself so being advised to swap the rad out which I will probably do.