Roscopeco

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Ok so car runs fine , no smoke steam or leaks etc . Doesn't over heat , temp gauge sits just below half when driving and when stationary for 5 to 10 mins it will creap to 3/4 up the gauge and the fan cuts in as it should .

But after a run and is switched off I'm getting a glugging sound like air bubbles moving round the system . Why would it do this when it runs perfectly fine and doesn't overheat

Btw is running 82 stat , airtec ally rad , MSD switch , bailey swirl pot and header tank

slimwynn

all sounds normal to me m8 mine glugs as well when i turn the car off.

makaveli96

Mind doesn't, and the needle only hits maximum very sightly over half way till the fan cuts in.

J9ny x

It's normal I've been through this loads especially sounds with airtec on it exactly the same as mine mate

b walshe

are you running water cooled turbo, I had very same prob ended up disconnecting water pipes to turbo, perfect now

Red_bull

Cool it down good before shutting off. Try to get good airflow. Its part of the car, but try to minimise it

botters

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ally rads are not the best at cooling compared to the originals to be honest, they aint so bad when new but dont age well, but having said that it wouldnt worry me on an rs turbo to hear gurgling, are your fans in front of or behind the rad. the best setup really is to have the fans on the engine side pulling air through the rad rather than on the bumper side trying to push it through

boeb

Sure early AS rads and coolers came with front fans ...but sure they re designed them to have fans at rear .....

Am running the early type ...AS twin mount cooler with fans at front,alloy rad ,re worked mondy thermostat ,turbo cooler...on idle u still have to keep checks on gauge ,sits at normal but gets there very fast and always gives me the para worries also after seconds of turning it on its at that temp ..done countless starters in and that's with dp wrapped like a fkr

Car is in resto stages just now but had been thinking of changing to later type stuff....also anybody using that waterless cooling stuff that edd china used on wd if so any differences using that

AstoN_B

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Considering switching to that myself.

Mats1985

It's normal m8 I spent hrs and hrs trying to stop mine in the end I just drove the thing and stopped worrying about it

mentalasanything

I've been meaning to look at this on mine. I'm running early Airtec FMIC with fans at the front , Airtec Alloy rad, 82 degree thermostat, 92 degree fan switch and mine gurgles. No leaks, no smoke, no steam, temp gauge sits at half.

The engine never did it when it was in my tin top, but it was in mild tune then with MFi.

Sounds like it's part and parcel of running a tuned RST engine.

Lee

mentalasanything

Just to update, I fitted a brand new header tank cap, a few quid from ebay and my problem has gone away. Maybe the pressure relief was broken on my old one.

Lee