Petrol or diesel? About 95C max for the diesel.right I've had a replacement engine put in my P38 and within 20 miles it has overheated I am praying that there is no hgf and kicking the cat. I have plugged the nanocom in and it is running at 102 (I guess centigrade) what should it be ?
What about the viscous fan?Petrol 4.0 and the original had a tapping car has a new rad water pump and stat
Petrol or diesel? About 95C max for the diesel.
A sudden drop in pressure will cause localised boiling in the head particularly around the exhaust ports.I'm obviously not disputing that as I don't know any better and you know FAR more than me about all things mechanical. But... if it's 95'c max, how come when my RAD split, steam poured out of the bonnet, yet very little coolant was lost, as I caught it in seconds (very little coolant loss would indicate that water was still in the rad and the block and therefore the engine hadn't overheated - yet lots of steam would indicate water over 100'c). Also, why bother having a pressurised system as I thought that was to increase the boiling point of the coolant so it could run over 100'c.
Just asking for my own knowledge
Nik
I'm obviously not disputing that as I don't know any better and you know FAR more than me about all things mechanical. But... if it's 95'c max, how come when my RAD split, steam poured out of the bonnet, yet very little coolant was lost, as I caught it in seconds (very little coolant loss would indicate that water was still in the rad and the block and therefore the engine hadn't overheated - yet lots of steam would indicate water over 100'c). Also, why bother having a pressurised system as I thought that was to increase the boiling point of the coolant so it could run over 100'c.
Just asking for my own knowledge
Nik
The whole cooling system is new