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[joker??]

just been to boubmouth and back 60 mile round trip. no getting hot or overheating. but i did notice that the temp was creeping up when i was doing 80. so any ideas now?

rad clean ???? new rad??

[joker??]

Sell up an get a 2.4

so you cant get to 80

[Tallyman]

Sledge,

From your original post, were you towing or just driving normally? If I'm towing then I can watch the auxhilliary temp guage on mine creeping up on hills and then dropping back down when on the level (the Toyota guage didn't move at all). I think that might have been more to do with the ATF fluid getting extremely hot under pressure and giving out the excess heat to the bottom of the radiator, meaning the cooled water going back into the engine was far hotter than it should be, leading to the rise in coolant temperature.

Having put a new radiator in mine, I'm hoping to see an improvement when I tow the caravan down to Cornwall in a couple of weeks, as it's running much cooler in normal trim at the moment.

[sledge]

Sell up an get a 2.4

been there done that, i like to be able to go above 60 lmao

When did you last flush the system out ?? You may be starting to clog the rad with sediment. This is usually ok on short run's, But would show up if the engines working hard. Dont forget to remove the thermostat before flushing and open all the heaters to full on.

thats next on my list and to replace rad cap and t stat

Sledge,

From your original post, were you towing or just driving normally? If I'm towing then I can watch the auxhilliary temp guage on mine creeping up on hills and then dropping back down when on the level (the Toyota guage didn't move at all). I think that might have been more to do with the ATF fluid getting extremely hot under pressure and giving out the excess heat to the bottom of the radiator, meaning the cooled water going back into the engine was far hotter than it should be, leading to the rise in coolant temperature.

Having put a new radiator in mine, I'm hoping to see an improvement when I tow the caravan down to Cornwall in a couple of weeks, as it's running much cooler in normal trim at the moment.

i was'nt towing anything, either time. but i do think it's getting hot because it's working harder

[BUSHWHACKER]

Viscous fan working properly?

[captain_chaos]

Sledge,

From your original post, were you towing or just driving normally? If I'm towing then I can watch the auxhilliary temp guage on mine creeping up on hills and then dropping back down when on the level (the Toyota guage didn't move at all). I think that might have been more to do with the ATF fluid getting extremely hot under pressure and giving out the excess heat to the bottom of the radiator, meaning the cooled water going back into the engine was far hotter than it should be, leading to the rise in coolant temperature.

Having put a new radiator in mine, I'm hoping to see an improvement when I tow the caravan down to Cornwall in a couple of weeks, as it's running much cooler in normal trim at the moment.

was thinking of soemthing along those lines too, if you're on hilly terrain your atf fluid will be getting warmer than on flat. It hen dumps the heat inyour rad warming up the water. Found that last year when I towed your old truck, was doing ok until we had to climb that hill then it cooked. Invest in one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fluid...spagenameZWD1V

[BUSHWHACKER]

was thinking of soemthing along those lines too, if you're on hilly terrain your atf fluid will be getting warmer than on flat. It hen dumps the heat inyour rad warming up the water. Found that last year when I towed your old truck, was doing ok until we had to climb that hill then it cooked. Invest in one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fluid...spagenameZWD1V

Or one of these...
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Should sit nicely behind the front valance at the bottom of the radiator.

[sledge]

Viscous fan working properly?

yep,

everything acts normal until you get to 80 and start accelerating

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

Silly question time

you haven't exchanged your rad for a brick (filled the fins in with mud) have you ?

If so get it out, and cleaned - pronto if I were you.


Trev

[sledge]

Silly question time

you haven't exchanged your rad for a brick (filled the fins in with mud) have you ?

If so get it out, and cleaned - pronto if I were you.


Trev

nope, that was the first thing i checked

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

nope, that was the first thing i checked

Good, I would HATE for you to go through what I did

[sledge]

Good, I would HATE for you to go through what I did

me too!

[Diezel Weazel]

yep,

everything acts normal until you get to 80 and start accelerating

Well neil ya can do more than 60 slow down to 70 n don't do 80... !!!!!

There's always a Payback .... Ya just never ever see it Comin !!!!