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Dash showing engine temp is realy hot! NOW SOLVED!

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13 Nov 2011 09:50 #25653 by bluejimny
Replied by bluejimny on topic Re: Dash showing engine temp is realy hot!
what ive done before is once my temp started rising, turn your heaters to full heat and max speed, and see if the temp goes down, if it does you know something could be causing it to heat up, mine this time was a sticky calliper

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13 Nov 2011 11:19 #25656 by Nobby22
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I will give that a go BlueJimny, thanks. I checked the radiator and it was full of coolant and was also clear from debris and mud etc. The coolant however looked like it had be taken from a muddy puddle! Clearly hadnt been changed in a while. So i drained it and put some fresh in. I will give it a good run this afternoon and see what happens.

Nobby

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13 Nov 2011 12:02 #25657 by rjd1
the viscous fan is mostly at fault in the one`s we have had bother with

bit of a cheat and simple fix is to cabletie it to the metal casing that rotates with it you no it`s workin then it sound`s like a mini v8

hope this help`s

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13 Nov 2011 14:09 #25659 by Nobby22
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BlueJimny i did what you said and it did drop. How do you know that its something causing it to heat up by doing this? I have tried to work out why but i carnt :blush: . I also didnt realise what a viscous drive was until rjd1 mentioned it :laugh: . I just thought it was a fan. Could it be this thats causing the problem?

Thanks

Nobby

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13 Nov 2011 14:17 #25660 by Az1987
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As already said sounds like its the thermostat sticking I would change that befor doing anything else.

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13 Nov 2011 14:19 #25661 by bluejimny
Replied by bluejimny on topic Re: Dash showing engine temp is realy hot!
thats th problem trying to find the problem, sticky calipers are easy, the disc / wheel will be hot, viscus fan could be playing up?

but the first time it happended to me it was my head gasket :angry: :angry:

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