cooling system -> update (solved !!! )
Racer
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Roman and I both have Series 1 cars, which is why I referred to 80 first line, 89 second line, etc. In you sig there is no info on your car. Sorry... I use the diagrams above as reference and I know the differences from early to late cars, including the actual functionning of said cooling systems, lol... As far as the as a community, well I think it is more important to know which series car we are dealing with from the start. Too many 85.5+ owners go on about early cooling systems when they actually don't know. Just my .02 cents...
Drifting
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Roman and I both have Series 1 cars, which is why I referred to 80 first line, 89 second line, etc. In you sig there is no info on your car. Sorry... I use the diagrams above as reference and I know the differences from early to late cars, including the actual functionning of said cooling systems, lol... As far as the as a community, well I think it is more important to know which series car we are dealing with from the start. Too many 85.5+ owners go on about early cooling systems when they actually don't know. Just my .02 cents...
sorry, i dont have mine up there... i thought it did...
anyway, do you have any recommendations for my cooling system? today its 16 degrees, raining, and she ran about 97 degrees according to the gauge. i think its a little off due to the headlights, wipers, and blower motor all running...
Racer
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Do you know which thermalfan switch you are using? And which Tstat? The reason I ask is because the 2 have to work together to give you the right results. Today, by coincidence it is 16 degrees in Winnipeg, sunny... I drove for over an hour and left the car idling for mebbe 10 minutes and all I got for temp is 80 degrees on the gauge, which I know to be accurate because I checked with an infrared gun. I am using a low temp stat (71 degrees) and a low temp thermal switch (65/60) no. 823.959.481 E. On occasion, (a very hot day) I see 89 degrees or so but because everything works according to spec, I don't worry about it. I lose no coolant ergo no problem.
Drifting
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i can only assume my equipment is stock.
like i said, i am quite sure the gauge reads quite high with accessories on. my guess is it was running closer to 85 degrees (from previous experience)
ambient temp really seems to have no real effect on the engine temp and i never loose coolant.
like i said, i am quite sure the gauge reads quite high with accessories on. my guess is it was running closer to 85 degrees (from previous experience)
ambient temp really seems to have no real effect on the engine temp and i never loose coolant.
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Drifting
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Rochester, NY
yep, this is for early cars, wow, how did I not put that up in the topic ...
if your fans work like they should and your cooling system is bled properly, you could try and tinker with this other stuff (thermo fan switch and thermostat)
on my car, I don't know what was done when - so I replaced all the hoses, cooling tank, waterpump, thermostat and fan switch - now, a few days after finishing the low-temp swap - car operates as it should
still running at the low mark, heats up to half-way, then cools back down to the 1st mark
I checked the level of coolant - and it's where it was when I filled it last time, going to check it again tomorrow
if your fans work like they should and your cooling system is bled properly, you could try and tinker with this other stuff (thermo fan switch and thermostat)
on my car, I don't know what was done when - so I replaced all the hoses, cooling tank, waterpump, thermostat and fan switch - now, a few days after finishing the low-temp swap - car operates as it should
still running at the low mark, heats up to half-way, then cools back down to the 1st mark
I checked the level of coolant - and it's where it was when I filled it last time, going to check it again tomorrow
Racer
Joined: May 2009
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
i can only assume my equipment is stock.
like i said, i am quite sure the gauge reads quite high with accessories on. my guess is it was running closer to 85 degrees (from previous experience)
ambient temp really seems to have no real effect on the engine temp and i never loose coolant.
like i said, i am quite sure the gauge reads quite high with accessories on. my guess is it was running closer to 85 degrees (from previous experience)
ambient temp really seems to have no real effect on the engine temp and i never loose coolant.
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Drifting
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Rochester, NY
hm, I checked coolant today and it was low ... maybe mixing antifreeze and distilled water was a bad idea? seems like I need to add a little bit every couple of days now, going to double check all the connections on the hoses again
I think I might have to bleed it one more time, today the arrow was bouncy and at a stop headed to the 3rd bar - though never reaching it - and once I started driving again - lowered back to between first and half
I think I might have to bleed it one more time, today the arrow was bouncy and at a stop headed to the 3rd bar - though never reaching it - and once I started driving again - lowered back to between first and half
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Drifting
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do you check on the hose itself or the WP and water port on the head? if i take a reading on my hoses i am only running 78 degrees or so. the metal parts are like 84-88 degrees.
is it normal to get pressure in the tank? so much so that it overflows quite a bit if i take the cap off. (i am running distilled water only currently) under normal situations i dont seem to loose any water.
roman, if you want me to start my own thread let me know. (my thought was keeping it together so future searchers had all the info on early cooling in one place)