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Another overheating problem
500bhp:
I also had a over heating problem, but my cause was a wierd one.
Went through all the normal checks, everything fine. But as the water is very high in calcium here a friend suggested checking the flow from the water pump, took the top hose off, removed the stat, ran the engine, and only a dribble of of water flowed out. It seemed at some time in its life a previouse owner had run it on water from the tap and not coolant mix, and the pump fins had corroded away to almost nothing :shock: :shock: :shock:
muddyjames:
now that is interesting.
I ran my engine with the stat cap off and it didnt even dribble out but then when I undid the cap another time it gushed out big time.
Range Rover Blues:
My LSE has been doing this too :(
It will sit happily at 60 with the 'van on, fine. Get stuck behind some numpty at about 50 ish, overheats.
Oh, kane it uphill with the 'van on, surprise surprise.....
And traffic jams, that's just a lottery.
muddyjames:
Mine is quiet that bad.
I can sit in jams happily and it crawls along but it is just the going up hills when it drops into 3rd and the engine starts to scream with the van on the back you see the needle shoot right up.
gords:
Well, I had a new pet gasket, water pump and radiator fitted before going to BB3.
I don't know which one (or ones) fixed it, but whizzed home (where I could) this evening and the temp needle didn't move at all :D \:D/
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