Triumph Stag: How To Change The Gasket And Switch The Radiator | Wheeler Dealers 

Great update with Harry the Stag, enjoy Loretta, you look like you’re enjoying owning her!

​@@marklewis1651I love wx

..... I keep wondering if brewer is taking the piss or is he for real? Such a grubby, small minded, insecure prick of a bloke.... maybe he is a gifted thespian?

Maybe an upgraded rad was cheaper

They are *famous* for cooling problems. An expansion tank fitted higher than the engine is _essential._ If the engine does overheat there is the possibility that the water pump, which is fitted at the highest point, will run dry leading an expensive pump failure and maybe engine seizure (very bad design fault). No heating engineer would ever install a pump on a heating system at the highest point - basic stuff.

@@johnburns4017 The pump is not at the highest point in the system. Please stop spreading such pub myths. If you go out and have a good look at your Stag cooling system you will find the pump is a good 10cm below the thermostat housing, which is at equal height if not a tad lower than the radiator filler point. When compared to contemporary designs, the pump is no higher or lower than others.

@@triumphstagdriver To make it easier for you, the *pump is far too high.* No heating engineer would ever install a pump on a heating system at or near the highest point. Heating engineers when they look inside engine bays cringe. Full of rubber pipes with jubilee clips and water that is running near or above 100C!! Done on the cheap, by people who do not know too much about heat/cooling. Would you put rubber hoses and hose clips in your house plumbing? Not in a million years. The Triumph Stag had notorious cooling problems for a number of reasons - design was one, the prime culprit. The heater return pipe running into one bank of the V8 - uh! Those who say _keep it as stock nothing wrong with it,_ not saying you are one of them, talk tripe. Search on U tube _Triumph Stag & Stag Owners Club_ - revealing. One of the engine development engineers highlights the cooling problems.

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@@KartsAgainstHumanity hahaha this dude left the same jibberish comment on the old Saab episode posted today

its better than the rover v8 with issues sorted

@@paulhunter123 No, John, the bottom end is weak and prone to failure as is the electrolysis problem with the cylinder head. The Stag is an otherwise wonderful car but that friggin' engine was an unnecessary mistake.

@@VonCoco1944 interesting so what engine in an ideal world would you have in your stag? id be more than happy with the TR6 PI Engine

@@paulhunter123 In an ideal world, and back in the day, I'd have the Stag engine but redesigned such that it didn't have its intrinsic faults. They should have set their egos aside and used that old Buick engine that when on to serve so well in the following years, Rover, TVR and Morgan.

@@VonCoco1944 If you had done a bit of research you would have found that it was simply not possible for Triumph to use the Rover/Buick engine for several reasons. The engine itself does not have bad design issues but rather suffers from incorrect maintenance, low quality control and low quality parts. The latter was due to company bean counters ending up have more say than the engineers.