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overheating tingy
Ok hear goes, changed coolant and flushed thru a few months back.
Went on holiday towing a van. Engine got hot climbing hills etc. Temp gauge did its usual, on the high red.
Camped for a few days, thought I would check rad. Ended up filling up with coolant.
Had to do this a few times before coming home 1 week later.
Sometimes it is OK other times I cant drive 2 or 3 miles before the temp
gauge is going off the scale.
Have changed rad cap. When I checked it last week it seemed a bit loose.
(Poss from earlier coolant change?) Don't know if it was original cap.
Its a 3.0l SSR-G. It has been regularly serviced.
Had all belts done in Jan.
Is just coming up to 200000KM .
Drives brill apart from this prob.
Sometimes, only somtimes having all blowers open and running full blast it
drops the temp gauge slightly..... Doesn't always work.
Sometimes the temp gauge shoots up and then ' flutters',
flicks, fluctuates take yer pick....
When I bought new rad cap from Roughtrax I also bought a new
thermostat. Looks a pig to change tho.
I have burped system over a few days and had it raised on blocks with
the cap off over night etc.
Bit odd when every other week or days I have to top up
to the point of half filling. Sometimes 2/3 litres.
I drove my daughter 3 miles to school last week and we were have way there
When steam started coming out of the overflow bottle and out the front
of the bonnet. I stoped let it cool and let the air out.
Is the thermostat sticking or what?
Hopefully it is the stat.
When I came back tonight from driving back 3 miles from a farm I sometimes work at. It raced up hot and when I opened the bonnet the rad was hot, and top and bottom rad pipes were rock hard.
After about 45 mins, I went out rad had cooled down and I removed
the rad cap and the pipes were no longer hard. .
I squeezed the lower pipe and a little steam came out of the rad.
Is there a more sinister reason for this problem,,,,
Not the dreaded head or .........
Had starter motor go in March which was repaired and went like a dream for a few weeks but is temperamental with damp weather. (Connection?)
I have changed coolant and oils regularly since having the beast 5yrs
(1st owner in Uk). otherwise it runs great....
Went on holiday towing a van. Engine got hot climbing hills etc. Temp gauge did its usual, on the high red.
Camped for a few days, thought I would check rad. Ended up filling up with coolant.
Had to do this a few times before coming home 1 week later.
Sometimes it is OK other times I cant drive 2 or 3 miles before the temp
gauge is going off the scale.
Have changed rad cap. When I checked it last week it seemed a bit loose.
(Poss from earlier coolant change?) Don't know if it was original cap.
Its a 3.0l SSR-G. It has been regularly serviced.
Had all belts done in Jan.
Is just coming up to 200000KM .
Drives brill apart from this prob.
Sometimes, only somtimes having all blowers open and running full blast it
drops the temp gauge slightly..... Doesn't always work.
Sometimes the temp gauge shoots up and then ' flutters',
flicks, fluctuates take yer pick....
When I bought new rad cap from Roughtrax I also bought a new
thermostat. Looks a pig to change tho.
I have burped system over a few days and had it raised on blocks with
the cap off over night etc.
Bit odd when every other week or days I have to top up
to the point of half filling. Sometimes 2/3 litres.
I drove my daughter 3 miles to school last week and we were have way there
When steam started coming out of the overflow bottle and out the front
of the bonnet. I stoped let it cool and let the air out.
Is the thermostat sticking or what?
Hopefully it is the stat.
When I came back tonight from driving back 3 miles from a farm I sometimes work at. It raced up hot and when I opened the bonnet the rad was hot, and top and bottom rad pipes were rock hard.
After about 45 mins, I went out rad had cooled down and I removed
the rad cap and the pipes were no longer hard. .
I squeezed the lower pipe and a little steam came out of the rad.
Is there a more sinister reason for this problem,,,,
Not the dreaded head or .........
Had starter motor go in March which was repaired and went like a dream for a few weeks but is temperamental with damp weather. (Connection?)
I have changed coolant and oils regularly since having the beast 5yrs
(1st owner in Uk). otherwise it runs great....
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