hello all ,
just purchased rx7 type x yesterday really pleased with drive home temps
ok etc this is my first rx7 currently own pulsar just need to know what level
should coolant show on calibrated dipstick i topped up this morning to half
i think, difficult to see reading. left car ticking over and steam appeared from
nearside front valence disappeared after 3 or 4 minutes have i just overfilled
or not. all advice appreciated.
cheers bob
many threads on this subject, I think fro your description that you are filling the expansion tank on the left by the drivers side head light...
to check the cookant level when engine is col remove the rad cap in the centre of the car or the one on the left as you look from the front of the car... this should be up to the top or a couplke of inches below the top... start the car with the cap off ans check there are no champange bubble coming up through the neck this checkes for good water seals
good luck and welcome
hi lemster,cheers for reply,correct i am topping up exp tank, the........ rad in centre
full no bubbles aftermarket ast tank full ok should i leave exp tank on low
and what would cause steam from passenger front valence hope questions
are to stupid
cheers bob
Bob the questions are not stupid! And with these cars you cnanot take any chance at all with the cooling system. Have you had the steam again?
The way to check the dipstick is to hold it up to the light, andyou can see water across the little slots.
On the passenger side we have the AST, the heater hoses, and 2 hoses on the intake where the throttle is. I suppose any of these could leak.
But you said valence? Do you mean right in the front of the car? If so, it could be the radiator leaking, (just had mine repaired).
martin
steam was coming from nearside front corner only lasted a few minutes seems ok now
just wondered if i put to much fluid in exp tank?
cheers
mm cant see how an overflowing expansion tank would cause steam. It would ususally just run onto the ground from there.
Confused by this near-side off side stuff. What wrong with left and right? Yes, some people say "but then you have to say if you are looking forwards or backwards". Well. its always forwards because....
I have NEVER heard someone say "my car is right hand drive going forwards and left hand drive going backwards!" :-)))
Hi Bob, just wondered if you over filled the expansion tank, if it overflowed on to the hot oil cooler, most FDs have two oil coolers i think, (my type X only has one!) perhaps the oil cooler was hot and steamed the excess water underneath the expansion tank!
Good luck, Another Bob
Sorry Bob forget that! just read your post again, its passenger side. could be the return small bore hose from throttle body, 21/2 inches left of the oil filter, mine leaked there, small tube at 90 deg angle pointing down towards bottom of engine joining on to a steel tube,
Bob
car is type x as well
martin steam from front left corner passenger side,
what is the normal reading on exp tank dipstick when cold
cheers
Congrates on your purchase bud.
Hope you have many thousand miles of fun.
Marc
Quote from: leggysrx7Congrates on your purchase bud.
Hope you have many thousand miles of fun
Marc
GOING SIDEWAYS (in controle obviously!!)Jono