Fordmods Logo

How long would the temp take to rise? 

 

Page 1 of 1 [ 12 posts ] 

 
 Post subject: How long would the temp take to rise?
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:56 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 4609

Joined: 29th Jul 2005

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: BOXCAR

Location: Launceston
TAS, Australia

I am having a few issues with either the temp guage or the temperature of my car.

My temperature guage is reading irractically, like if i sit in traffic on a hot day, temp will not go above half way up, then it will go down to a quarter all in the space of a couple of minutes

Yet when i go up a long steep hill (under load), the guage climbs all the way to very end of the normal area in the space of about 45 seconds...

could there be air in my cooling system?? i am going to chuck a coke bottle on the end of the overflow hose to see if it really is getting hot.

 

_________________

^^^ What He Said

<a href="http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44952" target="_blank" class="postlink"> TAS Cruises</a>

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:11 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 55

Posts: 7031

Joined: 18th Apr 2005

Location: Hobart
TAS, Australia

temp sender playing up I surpose.

you could try purging the cooling system of air as well.

 

_________________

Mind f**k!!! it works on feeble minded ignorant sheeples... there's plenty of em on this site... some are very intelligent but by god they are so thick!!!

Pakrat wrote:
You can buy them seppertly

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:36 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 4609

Joined: 29th Jul 2005

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: BOXCAR

Location: Launceston
TAS, Australia

Slick wrote:
temp sender playing up I surpose.

you could try purging the cooling system of air as well.


yeah i will try that. Do you do it with the overflow cap on or off?? I have been told both :?

 

_________________

^^^ What He Said

<a href="http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44952" target="_blank" class="postlink"> TAS Cruises</a>

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:44 pm 
Smokin em up
Offline
User avatar

Age: 49

Posts: 212

Joined: 5th Nov 2006

Gallery: 8 images

Ride: 93 ED

Location: WAGGA WAGGA
NSW, Australia

half blocked radiator. Have the core cleaned out fit a new thermostat check your hoses and see how you go. I have mentioned before E series falcons had casting sand left in the blocks so a good clean out when you notice the temp gauge doing something out of the norm is always better than a cooked engine.
Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:27 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 4609

Joined: 29th Jul 2005

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: BOXCAR

Location: Launceston
TAS, Australia

cheers, do you know if you need to have the overflow cap on or off if you need to purge the cooling system of air?

 

_________________

^^^ What He Said

<a href="http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44952" target="_blank" class="postlink"> TAS Cruises</a>

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:42 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 55

Posts: 7031

Joined: 18th Apr 2005

Location: Hobart
TAS, Australia

off.

or you can leave it in recovery position. cap locked in place but not tighten up, drive around for 15 to 20 minutes. occasionally pull over to check the level & top up.

tighten cap up & away you go.

 

_________________

Mind f**k!!! it works on feeble minded ignorant sheeples... there's plenty of em on this site... some are very intelligent but by god they are so thick!!!

Pakrat wrote:
You can buy them seppertly

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:42 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 4609

Joined: 29th Jul 2005

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: BOXCAR

Location: Launceston
TAS, Australia

^ Cheers for that mate i'll try it tomorrow

but i am still f**k as to what the problem is!!!

Today i had to tow 1700 odd KG's of NC fairlane and temp temp guage was reading hot for nearly all the way, the temp light even came on while we pulled up at our destination :o

BUT!! There was no overflowed coolent in the coke bottle so it wasn't boiling and on top of that, i could put my hand on the overflow cap and not get burnt!! but the guage was reading in the RED :?

No signs of blown headgasket either

Definatly a temp sender issue?

 

_________________

^^^ What He Said

<a href="http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44952" target="_blank" class="postlink"> TAS Cruises</a>

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:45 am 
Fordmods Newbie
Offline

Posts: 17

Joined: 20th Jul 2005

Location: Melbourne
VIC, Australia

As 'benno's ed' said radiator get it checked. what you describe is what my car was doing , I was towing a caravan the top radiator connection broke off dumped all the water in about 15 secounds cooked the engine new head very expensive. Replaced radiator runs a lot cooler. Pulled the end cap off the old radiator it was full of crap .Get yours cleaned !
Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: How long would the temp take to rise?
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:40 am 
Stock as a Rock
Offline

Posts: 156

Joined: 15th Jun 2006

Ride: XH Ute

Location: Leinster
WA, Australia

fordzatmyplace wrote:
I am having a few issues with either the temp guage or the temperature of my car.

My temperature guage is reading irractically, like if i sit in traffic on a hot day, temp will not go above half way up, then it will go down to a quarter all in the space of a couple of minutes

Yet when i go up a long steep hill (under load), the guage climbs all the way to very end of the normal area in the space of about 45 seconds...

could there be air in my cooling system?? i am going to chuck a coke bottle on the end of the overflow hose to see if it really is getting hot.


What kind of car is it ? If it has thermo fans are they coming on correctly ?
Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:55 am 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 46

Posts: 2015

Joined: 9th Mar 2005

Gallery: 4 images

Ride: Territory TX AWD & AUII XLS EGAS

Location: East Kurrajong
NSW, Australia

test with a laser gun thermometer and see where the heat is ... I suspect the back of the head right where the cylinder head temp sensor is (same thing as coolant temp sensor) ... I'd say it is to do with radiator efficiency as others are mentioning.

I am having similar issues ... but I have replaced everything in my cooling system and flushed the system out several times ... i am putting it down to my transmission cooler location (will be relocating it and testing it ... hoping it fixes my issues).

 

_________________

04 Territory TX AWD - Winter White - optioned up
06 Falcon BFII XLS ute EGAS - Winter White - EGA-54D Version 2

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:28 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline

Age: 36

Posts: 4609

Joined: 29th Jul 2005

Gallery: 10 images

Ride: BOXCAR

Location: Launceston
TAS, Australia

Car is a 3.9 with the clutch fan. When the guage reads high, i don't notice a loss in performance and i can't har the fan clutch engaging to cool the engine down, i can only assume the guage is reading higher then its supposed to.

 

_________________

^^^ What He Said

<a href="http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44952" target="_blank" class="postlink"> TAS Cruises</a>

Top
 Profile  
 
 
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:33 pm 
Getting Side Ways
Offline
User avatar

Age: 48

Posts: 2893

Joined: 24th May 2006

Gallery: 21 images

Ride: XH B&S ute, Navara 4x4

Power: 202 rwkw

Location: Bordertown
SA, Australia

My money is on a blocked radiator. But to check the clutch on the fan. Get it up to operating temp. Turn it off and try to spin the fan. It should be really difficult to spin. The other way (more fun but really dangerous) is to fire the vehicle up and then stick a gutsy screwdriver in the fan. It should howl its guts out if you can get it to stop...but I really would recommend the first way. :twisted:

 

_________________

You'll ride a black tornado across the western sky

You'll rope an ol' blue norther and milk it 'till it's dry

Bulldog the Diamantina pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboy's hat

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
 Page 1 of 1  [ 12 posts ] 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google Adsense [Bot] and 63 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:59 pm All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names