and also ensure that the top of the system is lower than the cap on the ST205CC so that bleeding and topping up would be a darn sight easier.
Lol
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Reeenault didn't address them problems on their eirlier cars, having coolant hoses sitting far higher than its expansion bottles, their resolution
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loads and loads of bleeding points within the hoses.
To be honest, even if there was a small air lock in their, it wouldn't cause much of a stir, it would eventually sit to the highest point which is the CC rad cap area anyway.
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failing that, I'll just knife the CC plumbing and bleed off some air there
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elecy tape for a tempoary
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Remember dino, always have a little slack, just in case some water hose blows off the essential engine coolant supply
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- that way, you can just lob off 6 inches and drive home
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As I say, though, that's theory, because that's assuming that the fan supplier was correct in their flow rate for the fan, and to be honest, I haven't mounted it in the perfect way because of room limitations.
If I could get a radiator fan in there, I would have.
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but lack of room, I resorted to a spal 7.5" pusher and used the ordinary sucker.
This time of year, I've had no issues with it dino.
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only seemed to be the indian summer bit when it has problems.
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often provoked when first started too.
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ran hot, stop car, then the CC pratically boils up with the heat on the engine.
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start it up and its already piping hot.
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does cool to ambient in around 6 minutes
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but thats a long time really to pull some 30 degrees out
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When i was at donny the other week, it was quite cold and same problem again, it was heating up after 15 mins or so round the track
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could actually feel it start hesitating when it starts getting luke warm back there
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It did improve when i removed the heat shield from the engine lid.
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could improve further more if I made a pair of fans there too
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