 Engine Overheating |
 Dec 29, 2010 - 1:40 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Sep 21, '10 From Woodstock, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
I have an ST204 that just crossed over 107k miles and I'm having some overheating issues after the car has had about twenty minutes of drive on it. When my car is driving at normal speeds my indicated temperature usually sits at half, great and normal
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Dec 29, 2010 - 5:48 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '08 From Orlando, Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Oh. that is the bimetallic vacuum switching valve.... and that's about the extent of my knowledge on that one. I am not sure what is does... I don't think it is going to solve your overheating problem though.
Mine was broken in the same way. However, I never noticed a difference in vehicle performance when it was broken, nor after replacing it. I must add, your radiator is looking preeeettttyy old. Check it for cracks, leaks, etc. A common place is under the fill neck, it likes to crack there. And if you are missing coolant, it'd be nice to figure out where its going anyway. -------------------- ◊◊◊ My F/S Thread! ◊◊◊
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Dec 29, 2010 - 7:36 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 21, '10 From Woodstock, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE (samir0189 @ Dec 29, 2010 - 5:48 PM)  Oh. that is the bimetallic vacuum switching valve.... and that's about the extent of my knowledge on that one. I am not sure what is does... I don't think it is going to solve your overheating problem though. Mine was broken in the same way. However, I never noticed a difference in vehicle performance when it was broken, nor after replacing it. I must add, your radiator is looking preeeettttyy old. Check it for cracks, leaks, etc. A common place is under the fill neck, it likes to crack there. And if you are missing coolant, it'd be nice to figure out where its going anyway. Yeah I don't plan on letting this go. Thanks for your help! Will do a nice checkup on the car now. |
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Araykhel Engine Overheating Dec 29, 2010 - 1:40 PM
samir0189 the thermostat would be a good place to start. It ... Dec 29, 2010 - 4:07 PM kagemidnight I really hope for your sake it's not the case ... Dec 29, 2010 - 4:36 PM PolliS_5S-FE Probly be alot easier to just drain the coolant in... Dec 29, 2010 - 4:44 PM Araykhel QUOTE (samir0189 @ Dec 29, 2010 - 4... Dec 29, 2010 - 5:15 PM
Bitter IIRC the bimetallic valve is for the evaporative e... Dec 29, 2010 - 8:32 PM Araykhel Didn't mean to bring this back from the dead f... Feb 23, 2011 - 4:32 PM Bitter tensioner, idler pulley, tensioner pulley. Water ... Feb 23, 2011 - 8:47 PM Araykhel I figured that my not replacing the thermostat in ... Feb 24, 2011 - 12:55 AM Bitter btw, when the radiator gets brown like that its us... Feb 24, 2011 - 10:06 PM delusionz can u tell where its come from? mines always come ... Mar 1, 2011 - 6:51 PM
zfjohnson07 im having a problem with mine to, last couple days... Mar 3, 2011 - 10:17 AM |
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