Cooling System...
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Cooling System...
Alright, so my cooling's a little bit retarded at the moment.
When I'm just cruising around the city for daily business etc, my temperature is fine. Needle sits dead centre or slightly over.
However, when I'm travelling at speed (highways etc) or going uphill, my needle soars to maximum, and only goes down when I put my heater on or if i slow back down to a lower speed and drive gently for a while.
What could be the cause of this and what're the likely costs associated with rectifying this problem? With summer approaching, I'd like to have my cooling well under control!
In advance, cheers guys
When I'm just cruising around the city for daily business etc, my temperature is fine. Needle sits dead centre or slightly over.
However, when I'm travelling at speed (highways etc) or going uphill, my needle soars to maximum, and only goes down when I put my heater on or if i slow back down to a lower speed and drive gently for a while.
What could be the cause of this and what're the likely costs associated with rectifying this problem? With summer approaching, I'd like to have my cooling well under control!
In advance, cheers guys
Jack
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No really, it would be your radiator blocked or a stuffed thermostat.
You will need to replace the culprit, you could try flushing it out but I doubt that will work.
You could change your thermostat first as it is the chaepest and if that doesn't fix it you will be up for a radiator.
You will need to replace the culprit, you could try flushing it out but I doubt that will work.
You could change your thermostat first as it is the chaepest and if that doesn't fix it you will be up for a radiator.
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How much is an FTO thermostat and where abouts is it located?
Looks like a radiator flush is on the cards
Looks like a radiator flush is on the cards
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I have circled the thermostat for you.
The red arrow is where your bottom radiator hose goes to, just to make it easier for you to find.
The red arrow is where your bottom radiator hose goes to, just to make it easier for you to find.
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Bennoz wrote:Radiator cap: Tridon CB16110
Thermostat: Tridon TT281-180
Thermostat seal: TTG34
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Thanks Phil!
I was going to say... Bit hard to find it when it's suspended in mid-air in a reverse-engineered image
That should be all the info I need for now, where would I be looking if i were to buy these parts? Are they specific for 6A12 motors?
I was going to say... Bit hard to find it when it's suspended in mid-air in a reverse-engineered image
That should be all the info I need for now, where would I be looking if i were to buy these parts? Are they specific for 6A12 motors?
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Just go to Super Cheap Auto/Repco/Autobarn and give them the part numbers Phil provided.
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That's even better. No postage bullshitVectose wrote:
Just go to Super Cheap Auto/Repco/Autobarn and give them the part numbers Phil provided.
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See I told you thermostat and I also told you they were a pretty universal oneObsidianRadio wrote:That's even better. No postage bullshitVectose wrote:
Just go to Super Cheap Auto/Repco/Autobarn and give them the part numbers Phil provided.
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Re: Cooling System...
Yeah, suits a Nissan of some description when I replaced mine. Although it sounds like a blocked radiator too, hopefully it doesn't need replacing!
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generic part just remove completly or put current in water and bring to boil to see if opens, that will tell you if stuffed or not otherwise good old rad change, flushes dont really work that well
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You can get radiators professionally cleaned for the $100 mark, they take top and bottom tanks off to do it.
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But for $200 you can get a full ally one (manual that is).silverGPX wrote:You can get radiators professionally cleaned for the $100 mark, they take top and bottom tanks off to do it.
For the extra id just get a new one if you're still running stock.
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But for $200 you can get a full ally one (manual that is).silverGPX wrote:You can get radiators professionally cleaned for the $100 mark, they take top and bottom tanks off to do it.
For the extra id just get a new one if you're still running stock.
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Alloy not always great option but certainly better than removing and replacing tanks
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Its a lot bigger than standard and stretches the brackets out so u have to drill sh*t out.