overheating ?

[clivvy]

rusty colour...needs changing then, but i wouldnt worry too much could have been orange coolant originally, or just dirty water lol think mines similar. but thats good, means pumps working, so we can focus on a leak, or thermostat. i still think thermostat. i suppose best test is to remove it when cold, and put into a jar filled with hot water, if it opens, all ok, if its already open, there you its broke, if it stays closed, its broke.

 

[Adz]

Just take ya thermostate out & try it but i'd still say its ya water pump. :thumbs


Also flush ya system out by putting a garden hose to 1 of ya heater matrix hose :thumbs

 

[solarman216]

Hi every one, just spoke to Pete, first off the water colour should be pinky clear that is the summer/winter coolant corrosion proofer we put in, I think the viscous fan has or is failing, he was working the engine hard up hill at not to great a speed so air flow low, probably got hot enough to discharge some coolant, hence the top up amount, and since it has been behaving OK time will tell, Rick

 

[zippy656]

new fan bit sould be easy enough to fit..

 

[briggie]

Hi every one, just spoke to Pete, first off the water colour should be pinky clear that is the summer/winter coolant corrosion proofer we put in, I think the viscous fan has or is failing, he was working the engine hard up hill at not to great a speed so air flow low, probably got hot enough to discharge some coolant, hence the top up amount, and since it has been behaving OK time will tell, Rick

it is a vicious fan ... nearly took my bluddie hand off lol :lol...... anyone got a plaster ?

 

[Adz]

No but i got a grinder :sly :augie :naughty :lol

 

[briggie]

No but i got a grinder :sly :augie :naughty :lol

if you took my hand off with your grinder ...... id have to go to a SECOND HAND SHOP !!!!! :lol:lol:lol

 

[Adz]

:jesterbg



& believe me, i nearly done it to Pete - makeitfit & Jamie - The Grim Reaper :doh :augie

 

[briggie]

today i gave sally a bit of a thrashing around bradford , up some long hills and in traffic jams too ..... the needle didnt go above halfway even when i was in a traffic jam for over 10 mins with the engine on idle :thumb2 ... in fact some times it was only showing a quarter on the temp gauge :thumb2

 

[clivvy]

sounds ok, might have been a air lock then perhaps?

 

[briggie]

since i topped up the rad , sally is running fine , rick explained what he thought had happened and im a bit more confident driving sally , its taken a long time to get my confidence back after the major issues , but im really happy with the car now .

just one thing bothers me , since topping up the rad , sally seems to be running very cold .... ie the needle hardly ever gets to half way now , and sometimes doesnt even go above a quarter ....... one question .... can it run too cold ? .... or is it the thermostat stuck open ? .

 

[zippy656]

just feel the top of the rad after a while, see if its warm / hot.

 

[Adz]

After replacing my Rad, Water Pump & Thermostat my temperature rarely goes over the 1/4 mark :thumbs
So I'd say normal & nothing to worry about :thumbs

 

[zippy656]

mine JUST gets to half.

towing caravan on hot days as well...

 

[briggie]

mine JUST gets to half.

towing caravan on hot days as well...

yeah , but yours aint a auto , and you dont live up here .... its very hilly up here

 

[Adz]

Stop worrying :augie You'll go grey :lol

 

[briggie]

Stop worrying :augie You'll go grey :lol

i prefer to say i have " natural highlights " :augie

 

[clivvy]

i prefer "distinguished":thumbs

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

i agree with the others mate, temp sounds right to me :thumb2