I had the same issue years ago - for me it was a clogged toggle valve in the inlet manifold. Try to clean it.
Yep it was clogged - cleaned it when I removed manifold. But still no joy.
What year is it? 2001 - UK import
MPI, VVC or Trophy? MPI
MEMs 1.9, 2J or 3? MEM3
Yep it was clogged - cleaned it when I removed manifold. But still no joy.
did you renew the gasket when refitting the manifold? Yep new gasket too - I have been trying so many things
That's what I had, bleed rad go for run, all fine while moving, overheat while standing all fans running, get home coolant raised in tank air in rad, all caused by exhaust gasses that sniff test failed to show but bore scope proved with wet cylinder when cool.Just bled some more air out of the radiator after the last overheat. It was bled just before my drive so I think something is pushing it back in. Might have to see if I can get a sniff test.