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FEMALE NEEDS HELP WITH HER MITSY PLEASE!!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:08 pm
by ribbittuk
HIYA GUYS AND GALS, CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE? MY BELOVED MITSY IS NOT BEING NICE TO ME!!!
:chainsaw: ]:-) NORMAL DAY TO DAY RUNNING IS FINE BUT GOING ON MOTORWAY OR DRIVING OVER 80KM SHE HEATS UP EVERYTIME, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO SOLVE THIS ? YOU ASK
FLUSHED RAD TWICE
NEW WATER PUMP
TRIED THERMOSTAT IN AND OUT
CHANGED HOSES AND PIPES!!
CAN ANYONE HELP WITH ANYMORE IDEAS PLEASE??
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ALL
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:42 pm
by gazza
HI hav you checked the radiator is not clogged with mud on the outside?
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:44 pm
by DaveM
Do these run electric fans on the rad or the clutch type?
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:54 pm
by NJV6
Hi,
They are a viscous fan.
So it gets hot at speed but not when you are going around town?
Check its not got mud between the air conditioning rad and the coolant radiator.
Then I'd be checking the head gasket....
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:38 pm
by ribbittuk
HAVE CLEANED ALL MUD OFF, HAVE TOOK OUT AIR CON TOTALLY. HOPE IT NOT HEAD GASKET
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:39 pm
by ribbittuk
ANY OTHER IDEAS???
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:49 pm
by nstg8a
is it using water or just getting hot?
any oil in your water or vice versa?
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:52 pm
by ribbittuk
not using water, no water in oil just getting hot but cools down once speed reduced back to 80km, temp sits at 1/2 way mark at normal times
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:54 pm
by nstg8a
ribbittuk wrote:not using water, no water in oil just getting hot but cools down once speed reduced back to 80km, temp sits at 1/2 way mark at normal times
my guess would have been thermostat then, but i see you tried that...
who did the waterpump swap? if it was a workshop then just take it back to them and get them to sort it.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:57 pm
by DaveM
Could it be the viscous fan? Had similar problem with the safari until I filled it with new gel.
Was the rad flush professionally done? Makes a big difference if you have the rad rodded.
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:06 pm
by 3VILC
i would suspect either an internal blockage as previously mentioned.
or at a stab in the dark if the timing is too far advanced will cause the engine to run warm under higher load (petrol)
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:18 pm
by WACKO
what sort of mitsy? challenger? triton? pajero? year? diesel/petrol? auto/man? weird problem, id be checking the radiator, geting it rodded, and replacing the thermostat(if it hasnt already been done).
Sam
Re: FEMALE NEEDS HELP WITH HER MITSY PLEASE!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:19 am
by ribbittuk
HIYA GUYS AND GALS,
AN UPDATE ON MY MITSY..... YAY SHES ALL BETTER AGAIN.
HAD RAD RODDED AND FLUSHED PROFFESIONALLY AND IT WAS STILL 80% BLOCKED.
WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE THAT MADE, SHES RUNNING SWEET NOW.
THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.
FROGZXX
Re: FEMALE NEEDS HELP WITH HER MITSY PLEASE!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:53 pm
by DaveM
Good to hear its sorted.
Dave