One more 16g thread - few questions
Last edited by 02-Lancer-Es; Aug 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM.
yeah my car has gotten pretty hot i believe coolant was up to 240 the other day when i decided to shut her down.. the fans were blowing but it wasnt getting any cooler... also looking into a evo radiator.
Last edited by burner67; Aug 6, 2011 at 09:12 AM.
Yeah, I start to see some over heating temps at times also. I added a couple of cap fulls of water wetter to help and when it starts to get hot...I turn on the heat!
You do know turning on the heat acts as a second radiator right as its running through the heater core. Temps go right down. When I get back on the move I turn off the heat and every things ok.
I also do that as part of the cool down process before I shut it off.
You do know turning on the heat acts as a second radiator right as its running through the heater core. Temps go right down. When I get back on the move I turn off the heat and every things ok.
I also do that as part of the cool down process before I shut it off.
Yup, crash bar has to go...so don't get into a wreck on the front end, or you probably will end up with a "totaled car".
I made some changes, small stuff:
Put different clips in so the fans are snugger to the radiator.
Changed the coolant out again with the heater running this time so I got ALL of it out.
Moved some of the intercooler pipes a little so air flows better.
I e-mailed a company near me here in austin called streetrays, who sells Koyo radiators for the Evo for like 400 bucks or whatever. I'm going to just buy one of those and see if it helps....I can't really see it hurting. It's thicker than even the evo one I think, if the evo one really is thicker than ours, and it's supposed to "hold" more coolant, so that ought to do well too.
Also...the thermostat I stuck in there, I think it was wrong, because the manual has a "jingle thing" that it says to position up top. My replacement does not have that little jingle device, so I might order a oem thermostat, and put it in when I get the Koyo radiator.
It hasn't overheated this weekend also, mostly because I haven't been in stop and go traffic, but also because I think the fan getting pulled tighter to the radiator allows more air to flow through the radiator and not waste it going outwardly.
I made some changes, small stuff:
Put different clips in so the fans are snugger to the radiator.
Changed the coolant out again with the heater running this time so I got ALL of it out.
Moved some of the intercooler pipes a little so air flows better.
I e-mailed a company near me here in austin called streetrays, who sells Koyo radiators for the Evo for like 400 bucks or whatever. I'm going to just buy one of those and see if it helps....I can't really see it hurting. It's thicker than even the evo one I think, if the evo one really is thicker than ours, and it's supposed to "hold" more coolant, so that ought to do well too.
Also...the thermostat I stuck in there, I think it was wrong, because the manual has a "jingle thing" that it says to position up top. My replacement does not have that little jingle device, so I might order a oem thermostat, and put it in when I get the Koyo radiator.
It hasn't overheated this weekend also, mostly because I haven't been in stop and go traffic, but also because I think the fan getting pulled tighter to the radiator allows more air to flow through the radiator and not waste it going outwardly.
Yeah, I had a look at the megan, the mishimoto, and the koyo. Everyone seems to recommend the Koyo just slightly higher than the others, as far as quality goes....so I'm thinking 200 vs 400 bucks no big deal if it's gonna last a long time.