hey iv just recently had my car satrt to over heat so i changed theradiator and hoses and it still overheats but wen i put the radiator in it only took 3 litres of coolant is that normal coz i thought that it took like 10 im out of ideas if any1 knowswat might b wrong plz let me kno thanks john
in reguards to the overheating are you leaking water? anywhere? that you know of that usually means that ur over heating? is your car a NA or TT, also your radiator could be blocked, take it to a radiator specialist and get the to clean it/flush it, Eg in my ford i got it taken to radiator to specialist and they flushed it and when i come back they showed me what was in it, ****** amazing was full of dirt clumps that looked like the radiator, dont know how the shit got their but it did, lol, you could also take ur thermstat out but that could be dangerious for the zed u could cook it and not know but it always shows that ur car is cold lol.
I had my radiator taken apart and cleaned professionally and it is now 100% better. Considering these cars are approaching twenty years of age I think it should be the first thing you do.
You may need a new thermostat also just changed mine the old one was jammed just open new one made all the diffrence also you can check the condition of your water pump
Few more details I am no mechanic but have had drama after drama with my z , do you have a fan thermo/ viscious if so then are they running when the z hits a certain temp? Or is it as simple as a new/ bigger fuse. How old is the radiator? new or factory.Elaberate!! cheers keen to help.
10 litres is for a total flush of the complete cooling system ... if you can get all the fluid out ..!!!! .. i did the usual radiator flush the other day ... it took only 4 litres of replacement coolant and am now over-concentrated .... :bash: :bash:
If you took the radiator out you would have emptied the system from water pretty well. Then you only put 3 l back in. Sounds like you have about 7 litres of air cooling your engine. Is it a VW ?
hey guys the thermo fan comes on once it gets to a certain temp and i cant see any water leeking anywhere at all but wen it has been sitting for a lil while its starts boiling like the coolant is really hot and start spraying out of the radiator wen iv got the cap off so any ideas?? its a tt 5 spd
