Thread: Not Coming up to Temperature

I take it you bled it properly with that little plastic plug on the top radiator hose??

Originally Posted by stevo

I take it you bled it properly with that little plastic plug on the top radiator hose??

Yes 3 or 4 times

I would be leaning towards the thermostat, does your heater blow hot air? turn off the air con and set the temp for max which i think is 28 degrees see if it cooks you

Originally Posted by stevo

I would be leaning towards the thermostat, does your heater blow hot air? turn off the air con and set the temp for max which i think is 28 degrees see if it cooks you

It is still blowing hot air as long as the coolant temp is in the 70s, when it begins to drop, the hot/warm air gets cooler.

I'll try what you say and see how it goes this afternoon, but being climate control, econ is the only way to turn off the aircon, I'm assuming that is what you mean or do you mean take it off auto??

Baz.

Baz,

Feel your hoses for temperature as all are pretty well accessible. That way you know you have full circulation.

Also check that the fuel is up to temp as well. It takes forever to get your coolant to circulate through the fuel cooler and ultimately to your thermostat.

Originally Posted by feral

Baz,

Feel your hoses for temperature as all are pretty well accessible. That way you know your have full circulation.

Also check that the fuel is up to temp as well. It takes forever to get your coolant to circulate through the fuel cooler and ultimately to your thermostat.

Thanks mate I'll do that.

Baz.

I'd be putting all my money on the new thermostat.
It opening and closing at the wrong settings would cause what you are describing.
I replaced mine before a 4 week desert trip. The new thermostat was the only thing to go wrong.
I know you want it to be something else,because it such a bugger to change.

Originally Posted by Zute

I'd be putting all my money on the new thermostat.
It opening and closing at the wrong settings would cause what you are describing.
I replaced mine before a 4 week desert trip. The new thermostat was the only thing to go wrong.
I know you want it to be something else,because it such a bugger to change.

You see the thing is, the stat I just put in is my old one that I thought was bugger over 12mths ago, when in fact it wasn't, there was another issue, I'm not putting the new one back in

It is doing the same thing as the new one, but this afternoon I cranked up the heater and it seemed to help, it actually got hotter (we were sweating like a mongrel in the car) so it is circulating and the stat is working, I think there is an airlock somewhere, just getting it out is proving harder than I thought.

I gave all the hoses a feel and all were hot except for the hose after the fuel cooler, if all else fails then I'll buy a new stat and start again.

Baz.