2008 Puma overheating.

chook73 · 27th March 2013, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by newhue

I plan on purchasing an Ultra Guage. It picks up many or all of the sensors related to the motor. Can't clear fault codes though.

It's all horses for corses really, but my experience, and I'm sure chook can relate, every mod usually has a + and - to it. Many mods are "should do this" but only after putting the dollars down you find it was not exactly what you thought.
Interesting about the mud. My old rodeo drive for hours at correct temp on the highway. Hit the tracks in low 4 at 15kmh and it had an over heating issue. Mud in the radiator core was the culprite.

I have the scagauge and cannot speak highly enough of it especially in relation to this topic, lets me know the exact water temp and know when I need to back off a little. I am sure the ultra gauge does the same stuff and the key is knowing when you need to back off before you go into limp mode. Ideally you wouldn't get anywhere near it but knowing before you do is better than having it cut out as your overtaking a road train.

Air con cuts out at 110 deg and engine goes into limp mode at 116 deg

**BilboBoggles** · 27th March 2013, 12:34 PM

I reckon the puma has a more marginal cooling system than the td5. I regularly heard the fan on my my09 puma locking up on hill climbs even from new, whereas the td5 fan only locked up on over 40c days on the same hills. Perhaps the Puma throws off more heat?

**lrbob** · 27th March 2013, 01:35 PM

Thanks all for your imput. On both occasions: steep long climb, ait temp low 30's, camper in tow. radiator core etc clear, Yes I have 2 spotlights and insect screen in front.
Without insect screen radiator/intercooler,aircon cores would be blocked in no time as I live rurally and lot of country driving.
Scanguage fitted which gave me the 114 deg temp for idle down. Have a
rad temp monitor/alarm fitted whic I will set somewhere between 105 to 110 degrees as a warning.
Have thought about fitting a davies craig electric fan as a booster for marginal conditions - there is plenty room.
Even lightly loaded rad temp often goes over 100 on hot days when asked to work.
Cheers to all

**newhue** · 27th March 2013, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by chook73

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Air con cuts out at 110km/h and engine goes into limp mode at 116km/h.

chook, what do mean by the above, I'm a bit lost. My aircon works at 110, and the old chugger goes better than 116 if required.

**TimNZ** · 27th March 2013, 04:02 PM

I fitted an Allisport intercooler to my 2010 110 in December 2011, and whilst I can't really say it gave any noticeable power gains, over the last summer there was a noticeable difference in how, (less), often the viscous fan locked up.

My 2008 110 went into limp a few times under the same conditions as LRBob mentioned in his first post, but I've never had a problem with the 2010 Car, even here in Perth.

Thanks,

Tim

chook73 · 27th March 2013, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by newhue

chook, what do mean by the above, I'm a bit lost. My aircon works at 110, and the old chugger goes better than 116 if required.

Water temp mate. Obviously I wasn't concentrating.

**BilboBoggles** · 27th March 2013, 05:43 PM

I have a cylinder head temp gauge on the td5 and the hottest I've seen is 97, and that was flooring it up mt Dandenong on a 46 c day. The viscous did lock up near the top. But on the 2.4 puma, it used to lock up just driving around on the flat on a warm day.

**Naks** · 27th March 2013, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by n plus one

Hopefully not too OT, Naks have you done any work around improving the glow of your air intake? I've heard some good reports around power improvement, though the effect on motor temps would likely be minimal - any experiences you can relate?

Not to date. I had a Mantec RAI fitted from new, so cannot compare with stock intake.

I have heard from others that the air intake is not really sealed, and much work is required to get it to a point where the air flow is not leaking out of a thousand places.

I may get this done at some point.

wrt coolant temps, I monitor mine on a Madman system. Normally I drive like a granny until the temp is at 90C then I drive like I stole it. I also drive with one eye on the EGTs, which are much lower with the BAS remap and Alisport intercooler.

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