Coolant temp woos again.

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Some pics running PFC fans on at 85 C. Ac removed. IS thermostat fitted correctly? Fair bit of sludge when draining this part. Ducting removed at mo. Some oil in my ic piping !!! http://s1065.photobucket.com/albums/u397/boosted38/?action=view¤t=rx7oh011.jpg

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Wierd....photo of thermostat lost in cyber space.... so bulk of unit spring etc goes in first to block and housing over top ?
Gonna flush tomoz whats the best way gonna connect garden hose to

running twin oil cooler and ducted.

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Any suggestions guys? Tubes and fins ok?  No sign off water pump yet.....

Rad cap 0.9 or 1.3 ?

I am going to flush engine with water from hose pipe as want it to run clear instead of brown. Refill with water and insert stat in right way ( found a you tube clip so 100% ) and try again! If still not ok off to see Dave in Yate for me cup of tea !

[davehg]

0.9 cap do all fans work ok? All caps work ok?

[shaunwil]

Just rummaging through your images and one suggestion is take off the front plate and stick it in the windscreen. See if that helps.

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Unless you have a 99 spec bumper which has the plate shape molded in to the bumper !

Shaun

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Right...i\'ve had a play.....i have flushed from hose pipe all sediment and water is lovely and clear ( i\'ll put coolant in later once i know cooling issue sorted). Its all back together and 100% thermostat is in right. I have had running x3 heat cycles on drive way both fans cutting in at 85 C on Apexi and dropping temps to 80 deg c. Have topped up once. Now leavin til morning when i will recheck levels and take for a blast. Found my AST was full of crud like radseal/kseal. Flush loads from car intself.

Bumper wise on track my front number plate was removed and i have 5 x50mm holes drilled in bumper behind !

Has to be ducting issue as heat cycling on drive way?

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Is this an issue? From my Ast i have no return to the bottom of the rad as the Alloy one had no fitment for this?  So its plugged.  I \'ve been for a drive but still rising but its my wifes Birthday so not "playing with my car" today ....lol as prefer my " m10 nylocks" where they are !

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well i got 2 slim baking trays from kitchen and cut 1 edge off with the grinder....pop riveted to undertray and voilà ! few cable ties later undertray air scoop that bypasses FMIC.

On tick over with fans running i can feel the air being sucked through the baking tray scoop!

Pure and simply air flow issue..........looks awful but does the job.

[wolfie1]

i was thinking something along the lines of this but using the actual undertray as the scoop, whats the temps like now?

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Have not been above 93 deg C ! And i was launching in 1st 2nd and 3rd....also noticably quicker to return to 80 deg c when cruising outta boost gonna lower front edge a bit more so baking tray intake into air stream tad more.....  but there\'s a balance between air scoop and ripping the tray off LOL!  .... I\'ll prob make summit out of alloy chequer plate long term.

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Final tweak cruising at 78 deg C ! rises to 90 ish and quickly returns.  Don\'t think i\'ll track the old girl again.....

[Timmy]

Somethings wrong cruising temp should be 86C.

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Somethings wrong cruising temp should be 86C.

Been on a longer drive settled at 85 deg C hits 95 deg C with some boost down the dual carriageways. Happy it\'s sorted now will add coolant at weekend.



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[jetpilot]

Running a vmount and on my way to combe cruising temps sit at a steady 73 - 74, on track they were high 70\'s, low 80\'s. No undertray by the way!