Monday, January 17, 2011 - 12:32 pm, by: Aaron deVisser(Bigdiv)
Hi,
I've recently been taking my car for spirited runs through the hills now that everything seems to be working great. But the other night i noticed after giving it a bit of stick, it likes to get hot.
Normally my temperature sits about half, but it went up to around the 3/4 mark, so i backed off and drove calmly for a while, hoping it would go down, but it took another 5mins for it go down.
Im just wondering if this is normal because im driving hard and have a fmic in front, or if theres something not quite right, like a blocked radiator or faulty thermostat ?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 02:32 pm, by: Aaron deVisser(Bigdiv)
Ok, I think i've found the problem.
The water pump seal at the front near the pulley looks to have broken. Its sprayed a fine layer of coolant around the engine bay, which is white, probably the reason i didn't pick it up earlier
Where is the cheapest to order a new pump, or if the seal can be redone, where should i look ?
Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 08:58 am, by: Gary Rollason(Garyr)
You'll have to pull the radiator out to do the water pump anyway. There's a link to a great tutorial in the tutorials section (100K service). Not too difficult a job. Link: http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/9739/244918.html?1271239925 Do the timing belt at the same time unless you've done it in the last 20000km.
Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 09:32 am, by: Aaron deVisser(Bigdiv)
Cheers for that mate, will be very helpful ! I most certainly will do the timing belt, I have no idea when it was done last, let alone if its been done at all ! :S
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