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cooling system on a jimny - Problems

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Evilgoat:
Give in and see a main stealer?

markyb:
have you run it to temp with the rad cap off on tick over on thr drive.
you should be able to reach temp with cap of that usually clears any air locks.

you might get some water pump out but not much but you shoul dbe able to tick over with no cap on and fan come on etc and not boil over

Grinch:
Cheers Markyb

Ive let it run up to temp on idle and with the rad cap off and you can see the flow in to the radiator (which gets warm to the touch, but not at all hot)

Im wondering about the viscous fan clutch now as its a continuous duty fan.  Saying that, my jimny rad doesnt get that hot either but the heaters are enough to cook a frozen chicken :D

i shall continue to ponder, im fitting a proper Suzuki Stat in to it at the weekend, just to say ive done that.  its a waste if 17 quid, but it means if i have to drop it in somewhere i can forstall all the usual checks etc.

Matt

markyb:
water issues can be a right pain in the rear end ,

is your heater hoses hot?

might be worth putting the hose on them to make sure your matrix isnt blocked

Grinch:
Thats the first thing i did (stupid pinch clips, who ever thought of them, bl00dy things, some designer was having a laugh mutter mutter mutter  :lol:   )

Ive put the hose to the heater in both directions, made sure it can flush up in to the thermostat housing where it gets water from and back down in to the block. Both the hoses get as hot as the radiator top hose.  An they are as hot as the ones on my jimny, but still no heat from the heaters.

i have a feeling its either a blockage in the centre of the heater core, or its a flap somewhere thats not closing properly in the air system

either wat, my last resort is a bottle of heavy duty flush, and then the dash has to come out :(

Matt

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