Is my thermostat stuck?
#1
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Is my thermostat stuck?
Hey guys,
Does this sound like my thermostats stuck shut ?
I was tuning earlier and after a while i noticed my coolant temperature starting to get quite high. I pulled over in a layby thinking **** has my head lifted or head gasket failed (thinking the worst). I then thought to myself "what if it just the thermostat". I then turned the heaters on and the coolant temperature started to drop fast so i decided to start driving home with my heaters on.
Whilst i was driving back i switched the heaters off and the coolant temperature started to climb again so i turned them back on and it started droping again.
When i got back i done a compression test and all cylinders were spot on. I got close to 140psi across all of them which is what i normally get.
Thank you for your time
Does this sound like my thermostats stuck shut ?
I was tuning earlier and after a while i noticed my coolant temperature starting to get quite high. I pulled over in a layby thinking **** has my head lifted or head gasket failed (thinking the worst). I then thought to myself "what if it just the thermostat". I then turned the heaters on and the coolant temperature started to drop fast so i decided to start driving home with my heaters on.
Whilst i was driving back i switched the heaters off and the coolant temperature started to climb again so i turned them back on and it started droping again.
When i got back i done a compression test and all cylinders were spot on. I got close to 140psi across all of them which is what i normally get.
Thank you for your time
Last edited by 94EG8; 02-05-2011 at 01:43 PM. Reason: Added better title
#2
Re: Thermostat
My was doing the same thing you said.
When I turned the heat on, the temp dropped like a rock.
I switched the thermostat and re filled and bleed the cooling system, and it is just fine now.
When I turned the heat on, the temp dropped like a rock.
I switched the thermostat and re filled and bleed the cooling system, and it is just fine now.
#6
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Re: Is my thermostat stuck?
I've just taken the car out for a spin and i doesn't over heat now ? ? I guess its probably un stuck its self... I'me going to change it anyway. I've ordered 2 gates racing low temp thermostats.
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