No, I ought to get a leccy one fitted, but she’s run fine without one for years, I don’t work her hard.
I think the current one is Britpart, replaced about 10 years ago when the oil cooler imploded! Might be a weak pump - I have found receipt for a pump I bought about 5 years ago, but I have to say I don’t actually remember fitting it! Probably tucked away in the garage somewhere.
Cheers, I’ll try that.
I have only ever seen my 200 get got twice, once off roading it in the winter for hours and the thing nearly heat seized! and two when the new stat failed to open, but car still got me the 10 miles home driven gingerly.
I’ll see if I can borrow a decent one. The hose and rad are definitely hotter than they should be!I have only ever seen my 200 get got twice, once off roading it in the winter for hours and the thing nearly heat seized! and two when the new stat failed to open, but car still got me the 10 miles home driven gingerly.
No viscous on mine, leccy fitted but very rarely switched on.
Maybe get yourself on of them cheap laser stat guns to check the actual temps?
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Approx. 75C at the thermostat housing/start of hose, 60C at the bottom of the rad, 50/55C at the bottom of the pump. The gauge was showing 90-95C. This was after a 15 minute run at 23C.
That's better, they do actually run quite hot. When I was looking into it a while back and I came across someone else's forum post with a similar issue.
I fitted a paired Durite sender and gauge a couple of years back. The gauge displays the actual temperature reading, but for whatever reason it’s now reading 15C ish off. I can’t be ar•sed trying to trace the issue, so I’m going to fit a mechanical capillary setup and see if that can last a couple of years without effing up!
+1 on the capillary type. Fitted 1 to the S1 and you even see these move when the stat opens.
