hi guys

running 2.1 zvh turbo, what oil is best, also ive noticed my car is gettn really hot at tick over n running very cool wen driving , also wen i park up there is gurgling noises from cooling system lik its boiling over, every thing isv at to hot to touch temp,
what could it b.?

 

The gurgling noise is most likely the siphon cooling effect in the turbo.

My 3i runs fairly cool when driving, rarely gets to the middle or NORM unless i'm flat out for a while, and it creeps up to the N when sat in traffic then fan kicks in n it drops nicely below the middle again.

 

brand new mate, was getn worried bout it everything just gets so hot

 

I took my car for a long run after rebuilding it on a fairly warm day. Thought i'd see how hot the gearbox felt since everything else was too hot to touch, it nearly burnt my fingers lol.

If anything seems a bit odd, then deffo get it checked out, but from what i've read it seems normal. Plenty RS's run hot all the time, my 3i usually runs a little on the cool side.

 

i did wat i should o done b4 and phoned my mapper, he said its normal but i need to get thermostat in it lol, its not losing water either so it cool, thnks bud

 

Lol that would have been first port of call!

For the record mine has thermostat in, think best oil for you would probably be 5w40. Theres a thread about oil grades in the RS Turbo section, it's sticky at the top.

 

lol, a seen the sticky mate, ive got 5-30 synthetic in , got thermostat the day and had it up to temp all seems good , just got ready to tak it out n rain started, typical scottish weather mate, will hopefully get it out 2moro, after my work, plastering takes ages tae .

 

Use mine in all weather! Snow n everything!

All it needs is good wash every week n it's back to show standard.

 

ive had mine 13 year treat it lik a baby mate, its no show standard but looks good enuf, av got a few picks on here, its a bit of a bugger for torque steering in the dry never mind rain n snow, its running great tho,

 

Hi Mate,

Sure a seen u the day in glenrothes.
Car looked and sounded good in the passing, No keen on the bumper or the wheels.
Just my opinion but a love the look of a standard RS

 

haha im getn mesh for bumper bud, i know wat u mean bout the wheels, ive got standard rs in garage or was thinkin 7 spokes, where u from lokosaki

 

Aye standard wheels all day long, Not a big lover of the cut away bumper think it would look tidy with a proper turbo bumper.

Stay out the back of Cupar bud