My new (older) car
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My new (older) car
Hey all, well i felt its time for a change. I have just bought off my mum her 1988 xr3i. It's in a pretty decent Nick but does need TLC
How ever it's first problem poped up to day, it took the car out for a drive and it run lovley, didn't overheat or no weird noises, how ever I pulled into the drive and left the car running. I must of left it for 10/15minutes and i go back out to it and steam was pooring out the bonnet and the temp was up in the red. Now i know old cars over heat but surly it wouldn't get that worm that quick at a stand still???
How ever it's first problem poped up to day, it took the car out for a drive and it run lovley, didn't overheat or no weird noises, how ever I pulled into the drive and left the car running. I must of left it for 10/15minutes and i go back out to it and steam was pooring out the bonnet and the temp was up in the red. Now i know old cars over heat but surly it wouldn't get that worm that quick at a stand still???
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Looks like a tidy shell. What's the plans for it then?
Sounds like the cooling fan isn't working? I wouldn't have thought it would boil over that quick either, maybe it could do with a bit of a refresh on the cooling system. New rad, flush the block through, new water pump etc.
Sounds like the cooling fan isn't working? I wouldn't have thought it would boil over that quick either, maybe it could do with a bit of a refresh on the cooling system. New rad, flush the block through, new water pump etc.
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Looks like a tidy shell. What's the plans for it then?
Sounds like the cooling fan isn't working? I wouldn't have thought it would boil over that quick either, maybe it could do with a bit of a refresh on the cooling system. New rad, flush the block through, new water pump etc.
Sounds like the cooling fan isn't working? I wouldn't have thought it would boil over that quick either, maybe it could do with a bit of a refresh on the cooling system. New rad, flush the block through, new water pump etc.
Cheers dude, i'll look into the fan to day. So have you had a few of them then?
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Well Sam I'm a bit if a technophobe as you know!!!
Plus I guess because itll be a long time before anything gets done to it!
But you never know one day!!
Plus I guess because itll be a long time before anything gets done to it!
But you never know one day!!
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Your overheating problems sound the same as what I had on my D plater many years ago.
Try a new header tank cap(it may have failed) sort out a new thermostat, if possible go for a lower temp one. Flush the coolant system taking hoses of from the heater matrix on the bulkhead and put a hose to it. Same for the radiator too. For the sake of it i'd be looking at a new fan switch and fitting a new modern fan or 2. maybe a fan over-ride switch fitted on the dash somewhere.
Try a new header tank cap(it may have failed) sort out a new thermostat, if possible go for a lower temp one. Flush the coolant system taking hoses of from the heater matrix on the bulkhead and put a hose to it. Same for the radiator too. For the sake of it i'd be looking at a new fan switch and fitting a new modern fan or 2. maybe a fan over-ride switch fitted on the dash somewhere.
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Yeah I remember you mentioning that, didn't you have a black one too?
Your overheating problems sound the same as what I had on my D plater many years ago.
Try a new header tank cap(it may have failed) sort out a new thermostat, if possible go for a lower temp one. Flush the coolant system taking hoses of from the heater matrix on the bulkhead and put a hose to it. Same for the radiator too. For the sake of it i'd be looking at a new fan switch and fitting a new modern fan or 2. maybe a fan over-ride switch fitted on the dash somewhere.
Try a new header tank cap(it may have failed) sort out a new thermostat, if possible go for a lower temp one. Flush the coolant system taking hoses of from the heater matrix on the bulkhead and put a hose to it. Same for the radiator too. For the sake of it i'd be looking at a new fan switch and fitting a new modern fan or 2. maybe a fan over-ride switch fitted on the dash somewhere.
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