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I haven't got a sat nav but I suppose the old fashioned way of mile posts on a motorway and stop watch. Only worried due when going past speed cameras.

Ok it turned out to be the panhard rod bushers and the rod was loose at the floor mounting so just check the bolts on the panhard rod now and again.

Hi mate @@bignev not a problem, we're all learning as we go so no worries! Yes, the wiper scuttle and full assembly comes out and I'd done that so many times for various fixes, changing the coil springs, dampners, etc, to get access to the top bolt. So yes, when we attempted the thermostat (twice!) we had that out, I was lying on top of the engine reaching down, from memory (I didn't take pics unfortunately) that I could just reach the thermostat (I thought it was 3/4 way down the engine, but see pics below) but it's that close to the bulkhead into the cabin that getting a regular spanner/socket on there was next to impossible so couldn't get the purchase on the bolts to free them. Since it's been a while (And I sadly don't have my GV any more) I've looked up a couple of pics, so the thermostat looks like: So the 3 or 4 bolts sit beneath the main pipework. And the engine: So you see it top right, not as low as I thought, but getting access to it is the problem as the exhaust manifold is directly below it blocking access from underneath, and from the top your spanner can't get in! Well at least mine didn't! But I know it's possible as there are others that have confirmed they've managed. Ah well, not an issue for me anymore as unfortunately mine is long gone (And I'm stuck with a Zafira now) Cheers, Andy

Hi there, It's probably my video you've found: https://youtu.be/MpfQLsWLiic It's based on a mod not by myself but others on the .com forum, many people have done it in the past and on this forum so if you search you'll find many people that have done it. Worked great and haven't seen any negative issues raised by anyone so far on it. Hope it does the trick, getting to the original thermostat has been done (several people) but I've never managed it myself, access was just too difficult as tried several times from top and bottom and couldn't get to the bolts to sufficiently undo.

You can't screw up because you can always reverse it can't you ? The "Winterising" of cars has been around for as long as there have been cars. GV's however IMO have additional needs of (1) particularly high IOD (2) a big cold lump of an engine in the -0°C UK, a (3) spectacularly poor CCA battery [+ battery tray] and even with a supplimentary Webasto Watertop diesel heater takes (4) too many minutes to heat the high volume cabin. So while Winterising means tyres, blanket, de-icer etc. To me it means : - higher charge rate - lower cold air ingress - better aH / CCA battery - inline stat if needed Charge rate is 10p and 10 minutes. Screwfix cheepo 99p a length microbore solves cold air ingress. Battery is eventually an inexorable essential not cosmetic. Inline stat is £15 and 15 minutes if needed.