Quote Originally Posted by drgtr View Post
Hey Mate

Congratulations on the purchase of a Td42tdi
what made you sell your zd30?


Anyway I do personally think thats higher than it should be.


Even today 40 degrees I hit around 78 degrees at most around suburb. Highway on a hot 38 degree day I hit at most was 83 degrees.

Good idea changing all the cheap stuff and easy stuff first.


Sounds like some maintenance is creeping up that is required.
How many kms on the car?

Id say Could be fan clutch or Radiator needs to be replaced or taken to Radiator place to open end tanks and rod/clean out tubes.
Thanks mate - I had just lost all faith in my zd. I had the motor rebuilt at 280000ish which cost me around 7k. Sold it when it was at 345000k. Spent a lot of money upgrading everything - intercooler, radiator, Dawes & needle, egr block, catch can, gauges etc etc. Then things just started braking/wearing out- as they do when cars get old, alternator, suspension sagged, clutch and heaps of other things, I just got sick of changing parts every second weekend on a car that I was worried was going to brake down on me every time I went into town (330ks each way) so upgraded to the 4.2 for a bit more reliability!


The td has now got 222000 on it. So far all I’ve done is block the egr. Viscous fan seems ok and temp drop down pretty quickly once I back off. Went for a drive today - about 40 odd outside, sat at 80ks and temps were at 84ish, then sat on 100 for a bit and they got up to 95.

How many liters of coolant does the td take and what ratio do you use?


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