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tonyr
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Post Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:32 pm

ive got big problems with my cooling system,around town its fine and the needle stays in the middle of the gauge,but as soon as you go on the motorway thats it ,the needlde shoots to the red and thats when i have to put the heater blowers on full to cool the system down.
Ive had the headgasket,the thermostat,the viscous fan,the water pump all changed. please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh buy the way its a 325 1989 m20
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Post Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:56 pm

tonyr wrote:ive got big problems with my cooling system,around town its fine and the needle stays in the middle of the gauge,but as soon as you go on the motorway thats it ,the needlde shoots to the red and thats when i have to put the heater blowers on full to cool the system down.
Ive had the headgasket,the thermostat,the viscous fan,the water pump all changed. please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh buy the way its a 325 1989 m20
Are you sure you aint got a water leak somewhere? I had a nightmare with my road one it decided to overheat while cruisin (ha) on the M25. Turned out to be a high pressure leak from the header tank!
fuzzy
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Post Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:03 pm

is the cooling fans on the rad definately working? the temp sensor on mine stopped working which stopped the fans coming on. different engine i know but the principles the same :D