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7th April 2016, 09:04 AM
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Patrol God
Threedogs motor thread
As suggested by Lucas save being in the Angry thread,
Not much to say at this stage, but Ill be removing the
radiator and thermostat over the weekend, hopefully.
I have an OE thermostat all ready,.
Not sure if my fan is working as I cant for the life of me remember
it ever turning on after the temps have risen. time will tell
my son is an Auto elect so he can test that for me.
Time will tell
IMO it goes too well to have a hole in the piston,
I dont lose water.
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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7th April 2016 09:04 AM
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7th April 2016, 09:15 AM
#2
Patrol Freak
It's not losing coolant? Hmmm. But it is holding residual pressure for a while after shut down? Hmmm.
Sound like it can only be one of two things.
Radiator cap kaput or maybe wrong pressure rating.
Small leak in head gasket. Have the same trouble at the moment.
The constant overheating bit is troublesome. Water pump.........?
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7th April 2016, 09:22 AM
#3
Patrol God
Funny there is not one value on my ecu-talk that has changed.
ATM I think Ive clogged the system with head repair goo.
Like I said ill first check to see if the fan is working.
Another point is it will idle for hours if that helps anyone out there
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7th April 2016, 09:51 AM
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Patrol Guru
How does the coolant look? It's not milky at all?
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7th April 2016, 10:02 AM
#5
Patrol God
Originally Posted by
threedogs
Funny there is not one value on my ecu-talk that has changed.
ATM I think Ive clogged the system with head repair goo.
Like I said ill first check to see if the fan is working.
Another point is it will idle for hours if that helps anyone out there
If its idling for hours it cant be a piston
would have drop out on to the floor and
tore the engine mounts out
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7th April 2016, 10:25 AM
#6
Patrol God
Originally Posted by
Irish
How does the coolant look? It's not milky at all?
Only has water ATM as it was costing a fortune
After those posts Im thinking maybe the fan is not working at all.
It takes about say 20 k before it will play up.
Will check most over the weekend
Last edited by threedogs; 7th April 2016 at 10:30 AM.
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7th April 2016, 10:40 AM
#7
The electric condenser fan should come on when the A/C is turned on or the ECU sees the engine temperature above 100°C.
The condenser fan is not the cause of your overheating. The latest models don't even have one fitted from factory. It's there to improve A/C efficiency.
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7th April 2016, 11:03 AM
#8
The 747
It sounds like there might be nothing wrong with your engine mate and just the cooling system is not up to scratch.
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7th April 2016, 11:07 AM
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Patrol Freak
If the fan is thermostatic, check the fuse(s), but I gather you have done that. Just suggesting, as the Holden VN Berlina`s had two fuses. One under the dash fuse box and the other was in under the bonnet fuse box.
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7th April 2016, 11:38 AM
#10
Patrol God
Originally Posted by
Bush Ranger
If the fan is thermostatic, check the fuse(s), but I gather you have done that. Just suggesting, as the Holden VN Berlina`s had two fuses. One under the dash fuse box and the other was in under the bonnet fuse box.
Im not to mobile atm need to pic the time when Im feeling ok,
thanks Winnie makes me feel better. First job will be to remove and clean
the radiator and replace the thermostat
Im a big fan of doing one thing at a time so Ill know what exactly is the problem
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