OrionRST200bhp

iTrader: (1)

hi guys, yet another question from me, today i took my car for a drive roughly 30miles and after about 10 mins the car was running quite hot. as you look at the temp gauge on the dash the needle was touching the letter (N) where it says NORM just about to go onto the red block. my car is a 4x4 running stage 1, 280bhp surely it shouldnt be running that hot, any advice please. cheeRS

Bullett

iTrader: (2)

are your fans coming on mate? and has it run ok before?

rapidcossie

maybe a jammed thermo stat?

fooked water pump?

the car shouldnt get that hot if it has constant air thru the rad.

Faulty fans would only show up in stop/start traffic.

rabmc

As above , fans should be kicking in ? but is it actually running hot or is the guage just got a hard-on

OrionRST200bhp

iTrader: (1)

its ran fine up until now ive only had the car 2 months. i'll have to check the fans tomorrow. what sort of temp should it be running?

Bullett

iTrader: (2)

rapidcossie
didnt read it thoroughly.didnt see he was driving.

he can check the thermo by the heater fans inside cant he?

rabmc

My last saff ran at R on the guage and fans kicked in just above the O but this isn`t anything to go by mate as they all can be different , get down and bridge your fan switch to see if your fans are coming on , could be a fooked fan switch etc

rapidcossie

if the thermostat isnt opening then the water going thru the heater matrix will be quite cold.

More than likely that the thermostat is opening but just alot later than it should.

Mines is an 88 deg one and it opens just before that.

easiest checks first, is there plenty water in header tank?

run the car up to temp(fans on/off) with header tank cap off to clear any air locks then try again.

if its the same replace the thermo.
if its the same then its most likely a circulation prob....blocked rad?

nellyscossy

mine runs around at about 79 deg c according to secs monitor

and around 180 deg f according to ford racing temp gauge

half way on normal gauge.....

take your pick.....

p.s. thats average driving when i blow the balls out of it it gets hotter but never over top of the N.....

rapidcossie

Mines runs about 80-87 on my SPA which is just under half way on normal gauge.

OrionRST200bhp

iTrader: (1)

cheeRS guys i'll get on to it tomorrow seeing as its going to be a nice day.

SS1

iTrader: (3)

that seems low .. ..my 4*4 runs at 90 ish at 91 the fans kick in

gets higher in standing traffic secs moniter flashes the blue ..but got ive the aircon mod switch

push it in.. will enable both fans till temp drops to 80 ish

job done

alanfordtw-15

standard gauges as fook all reliable arent they? mine only seems to ever have two positions, top of the black and bottom of the 'R'

lukeytheduke

does the temp start to drop when u boot if for 20 secs? If so mine has that problem!! It gets hot and hot and fans dont work unitill i boot it, then after that the fams come on as usual