Well today I took the rad off and flushed it through but its fine the rad is fairly new so shouldnt be any problems with it . I messed about with thermostats one brandnew (in the car ), one spare (genuine) and the original ,the new thermostat seemed to only open properly at boiling point where the genuine one would be fully open before boiling point and the original was the same as the brand new one . I brought a new temp sensor aswell and after fitting the genuine thermostat it seemed promising temprature was at 90 or just after the bulb but then after a long journey when I got to a roundabout temprature shot up but after I was back on the road sat just above the bulb on the gauge . After pulling over and having a look at everything it all seemed normal so I think im dealing with an electrical fault as the car seems to perform well and only on occasion will take a few turns and throw a backfire out , gonna look for any dodgy wiring tomorrow and see where I get but im still pretty well confused
golf mk1 driver project
non sunroof