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blue_cheese

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• Yesterday at 20:05

• #301

I've pumped the tool by itself, will keep an eye on it.

Finished reassembling, started up and seems to be running okay. No leaks so far.
It did start to overheat after about 10 minutes, but I was expecting that because I haven't refilled the coolant properly yet.

Will try tomorrow and see how it goes. Hopefully no leaks appear under the car overnight

 

RangeRoller dt

Well-Sprung Member

• Yesterday at 20:36

• #302

You can put cardboard down so if small drip dries you can still see it. Just make sure it’s coolant marks not cats pi**

 

FEI

Active Member

• Today at 01:40

• #303

That sounds like it comes from personal expierence?

 

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

• Today at 06:11

• #304

FEI said:

That sounds like it comes from personal expierence?

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The question is how do you tell? They taste different, obviously.

 

RangeRoller dt

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• Today at 07:17

• #305

If it tastes weird - it’s coolant

 

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blue_cheese

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• Today at 14:26

• #306

No leaks overnight.

Drained coolant today via rad plug, and slowly refilled with just water for now.

Followed the process in RAVE - but when I ran it again the temperature was averaging around 117-118C, which is decently outside normal range I believe?

Reading was made via obd tool - temp needle on the dash was still steady in the middle.

 

MrGorsky

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• Today at 14:37

• #307

The car is pre OBD so there's a chance it's not reading properly..... maybe? Thermostat should be fully open at 96c so you're way above that.

The coolant sensors only sense up to 130c, so you'd have thought the dashboard one was well above normal by 118c.

Was it otherwise running fine?

 

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blue_cheese

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• Today at 14:45

• #308

It seems to be running fine - but I haven't left it running for too long just in case it was getting too hot.
Upper rad hoses were scalding to the touch, but not rock solid, only quite hard.

Once it's cooled I'll double check the levels and give it another go.

 

pwood999

Well-Known Member

Full Member

• Today at 14:47

• #309

I suspect you still have airlocks in there ? You could also put the sensor in boiling water & see what your diag tool says then ?

 

kermit_rr

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• Today at 14:58

• #310

blue_cheese said:

No leaks overnight.

Drained coolant today via rad plug, and slowly refilled with just water for now.

Followed the process in RAVE - but when I ran it again the temperature was averaging around 117-118C, which is decently outside normal range I believe?

Reading was made via obd tool - temp needle on the dash was still steady in the middle.

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where was the needle on the temp gauge?

thats WAY WAY too hot for a rv8

 

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blue_cheese

Active Member

• Today at 15:00

• #311

Needle was in the middle on the temp gauge.

Don't say that now - I don't want another warped head on my hands!

 

kermit_rr

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• Today at 15:04

• #312

blue_cheese said:

Needle was in the middle on the temp gauge.

Don't say that now - I don't want another warped head on my hands!

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maybe its a dodgy reader over 110c and it should show above normal. i think. maybe

 

Datatek

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• 45 minutes ago

• #313

kermit_rr said:

maybe its a dodgy reader over 110c and it should show above normal. i think. maybe

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On the diesel, at 110C it's out of the white area on the gauge and heading for the red.