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I too had serious overheating issues in the past, which I thought I had sorted by fitting a new Thermostat at first, and then a new Radiator. All worked well for 2 years with the needle only going past centre when either really booting it, or on a long hill on a hot summers day, until this week Currently I'm on holiday in the south west of France, and thought we'd pop over to Spain for a few hours. I've done this before by going to Vielha which is a bit hilly but not too bad. This time I thought I'd go through the Aragnouet/Bielsa Tunnel. However what I didn't know was that the Tunnel entrance is at 5,920ft (according to the wife's Iphone) and by the time the old girl (Voyager not the wife) got up there, the temp gauge was near vertical with bells ringing and the Oil pressure light on . Fortunately there is restrictive traffic through the Tunnel and waiting 5 mins for a green light gave the engine enough time to cool down. On the Spanish side the road is more forgiving but even still by the time I was back up at the Tunnel entrance on that side, the gauge was also near kissing the limit. Fortunately coming out on the French side was straight into a rainstorm so the rest of the journey was uneventful. The car seems to be running okay despite its 'cooking', with the Temp gauge just as it was before, but time will tell if it makes it back to Blighty. Moral of the story is that on an old Voyager don't put it in a position where it could get excessively hot, and trying to fault find what can be done (other than the obvious fixes) to stop overheating, will be a time consuming and expensive business.