Allan
09-01-2008, 00:10
Having a bit of a weird issue, the valver is running hot, i have only done about 300 miles of owning it but notice that its nothing like my williams...
from cold i start driving it it will warm up to the notch where the thermostat kicks in and then drop back down, however it wont stay at the 2nd notch, it will just keep going all the way till the notch where the fan kicks in will drop down a bit and keep doing that.
Im not sure if its the fan kicking in or the thermostat, but i couldnt hear the fan kicking in.
I have flushed the system and blead it, the radiator doesnt appear to be blocked as loads of water was pooring through the system when i put a hose pipe in it....
i didnt give the car a full flush i just basilcy left the bleed valve out and put a hose pipe through it for about 30 mins, then topped up with some brand new coolant.
Im wondering what else it could be, williams will sit in the same place until you hit traffic, but while moving its fine and this was the same with my last valver too...
The other thing i noticed was that when driving at a constat 60 for around an hour the dial didnt move it was at the point just before where the fan should kick in but not quite there.
from cold i start driving it it will warm up to the notch where the thermostat kicks in and then drop back down, however it wont stay at the 2nd notch, it will just keep going all the way till the notch where the fan kicks in will drop down a bit and keep doing that.
Im not sure if its the fan kicking in or the thermostat, but i couldnt hear the fan kicking in.
I have flushed the system and blead it, the radiator doesnt appear to be blocked as loads of water was pooring through the system when i put a hose pipe in it....
i didnt give the car a full flush i just basilcy left the bleed valve out and put a hose pipe through it for about 30 mins, then topped up with some brand new coolant.
Im wondering what else it could be, williams will sit in the same place until you hit traffic, but while moving its fine and this was the same with my last valver too...
The other thing i noticed was that when driving at a constat 60 for around an hour the dial didnt move it was at the point just before where the fan should kick in but not quite there.