heyo, im 80km into my journey, and experienced a few up hills which makes the rangie goes up to 95celsius. The temp gauge is not at red but towards the outer white marker. Note that i put my heater on max and fans on full power.
is 95celsius Ok at uphills? I’m not even towing anything…
I also noticed when i slide downhills my temp stays between 75-85. Even on flats the car might reach 95celsius all of the sudden.
it idles okay, and does not exceed 90 at idling.
am i in need of a new thermostat and waterpump soon? Still got 1000km to go, at minimum. Max 1500. Both my gearbox radiator and radiator does have some flies and common dust and some oil spill on.
I am gonna ask if my friends has a heat camera to look if my radiator is blocked or something. I heard thats common on theese cars.
i did not bleed the car on ramps. What i did:
Took of cap, and squeshed both the radiator hoses om the top, and i saw coolant coming out from the bleeding hose in expansion tank.
I will also try to bleed the car on a ramp when i reach my friends later today.
Procedure is just to remove top bleed hose, and drive it up on a ramp and let engine be on untill theres a good flow of coolant out of the hose right?
it cant be normal that the rangie is 95 celsius possibly higher up a hill without a trailer in the back. I dont even have 60kg payload.