PSIFRK Member 312 Member For: 19y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/10/09 11:26 AM Posted 29/10/09 11:26 AM my car is over heating and not sure why, any ideas??? and how do I check that everything is ok??
BensXR6T Member 478 Member For: 17y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Burpengary QLD Posted 29/10/09 11:57 AM Posted 29/10/09 11:57 AM Might need a bit more detail then that buddy.Make sure the water level is right if it is, possibly your thermosat not opening, best way to test it is to pull it out and put it in a pot of boiling water and see if it opens. they are cheap to replace.
White Knight Legacy Donating Member 73 Member For: 16y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/10/09 11:58 AM Posted 29/10/09 11:58 AM How do you know it's overheating? Is it just the gauge or what? What happens?
xr6t4life Member 129 Member For: 17y 2m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Posted 29/10/09 12:05 PM Posted 29/10/09 12:05 PM is your header tank full, is there preasure in the hoses when the car is warm if there is no preasure u must have a leek, is the water in your header tank green clear or rusty colour if its a rusty colour something might be blocked or restricted from proper flow by rust I doubt it though in such a new car, u could prob take the thermestat out and put it in a pot of water and shove it on the stove to see if it opens at 90 odd degrese, most inportantly were u giving it a hard time a little more than often these cars can over heat if u continually flog them if that's the case I would look at a cooler thermastat. that's all I can think of at the momenthope it helps.
PSIFRK Member 312 Member For: 19y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 30/10/09 05:06 AM Author Posted 30/10/09 05:06 AM I have just been driving it normal with a bit of stick here ad there and the temp gauge goes up 3/4 it's happened twice this week, yeh tomorrow I might pull the thermo off and see if it's that, hope it's nothing more, thank guys
Ozzy Member 40 Member For: 17y 6d Gender: Male Posted 30/10/09 08:01 AM Posted 30/10/09 08:01 AM You let it get to 3/4? Made any mods?As was said, more info will help ... where, when, weather and so on.Check relays, coolant leaks, radiator condition, drive belt condition, hoses, thermo (as mentioned) and so on.
PSIFRK Member 312 Member For: 19y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 30/10/09 09:19 AM Author Posted 30/10/09 09:19 AM I didn't realise it was that hot until I drove off from the lights and it felt under powered and noticed it, not happy.tomorrow it's getting the full going overmods as rapid V2 cooler, injectors, custome blue power racing tune running 11psi
PSIFRK Member 312 Member For: 19y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 31/10/09 01:45 AM Author Posted 31/10/09 01:45 AM found the problem well it's fixed so far it was a sticky thermosat so I put a new one in now off to get the system flushed out and hopefully it should all be good, thanks for your helps guys
BensXR6T Member 478 Member For: 17y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Burpengary QLD Posted 31/10/09 12:55 PM Posted 31/10/09 12:55 PM Glad you got it sorted mate
PSIFRK Member 312 Member For: 19y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 02/11/09 04:40 AM Author Posted 02/11/09 04:40 AM cheers mate
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