vauxhallbitz wrote:This time filling slowly into the highest point heater hose the water comes out the top of the radiator instead of through the heater valve, does that mean the thermostat is stuck closed?????
Did you disconnect the heater hose at the radiator end or the heater valve end. Disconnecting at the rad will leave the bottom hose as the lowest open point whereas disconnecting at the heater will leave thee heater valve or if open the radiator cap.
The procedure I use is to disconnect at the valve with the rad cap off, fill the rad to the top via the cap aperture, fit the cap and then top up via the heater hose.
P.S.No reasonable person is ever a pest on here, just a fellow Viva owner asking advice. We all want to see as many Vivas as possible running properly, including yours.