my car care tips and info

[DJ Q]

so it can b installed?

[turbonator]

[Anil_Sooknanan]

ohhhhhhhh you want to put a idle up in a chamant? well boy thats a good one but i'm working on that too for my own car i know how to do it but the thing is time boy time lol my own car eh think it easy

[Primera VVL]

With regards to that thermostat sticking .....What causes it to start sticking even faster is the use of water in your radiator...Water is very corrosive so if corrosion starts taking place on that thermostat well yuh sure to get some problems sooner or later....Fellow tuners please invest in some premix coolant...

[DJ Q]

[Anil_Sooknanan]

[Pedro]

^^ Anil, the man want to install a Coolant Temp Sensor on he car. It probably don't have one.

Yuh gone back saying how people doh appreciate yuh postings... wham boy? Yuh know what everyday I going to post something POSITIVE about yuh tips okay pal..

Anyway, I have a question. Every day or two days I have to put about 1 inch of water in my over flow bottle. The Radiator aint have no leaks (did a pressure test) that we could see and none of the hoses leaking or anything either. So this constant topping up of the water is normal... I don't think so. If not what else can I check?

[DJ Q]

[Anil_Sooknanan]

is everything in the car original? radiator ect? Pedro, do you use coolant , did you try flushing the system? how was the pressure test done? the correct way?
DJ Q,
not sure about the charmant but sum cars come with a sensor that turns on vacuum when it is cold and off when it is hot so if you car has this you can do what you want seeing that the newer cars have a ecu controlling the idle up if you put one in your car it will ile up every time the fan cuts off and you don't want that you need some sort of electronic system to opperate this onless i think up some thing

[Dave-ve]

Like the thread Anil. keep it coming.
Pedro, was the pressure test done with a gauge and with the engine running? had the same problem and tested my system yesterday. the rad was good with no leaks, but one of the hose clamps had lost tension and the water dribbled out and evaporated when it hit the hot engine.

Anil, what do you think about changing the pressure cap to a higher rated one for better cooling?

[Dave-ve]

Like the thread Anil. keep it coming.
Pedro, was the pressure test done with a gauge and with the engine running? had the same problem and tested my system yesterday. the rad was good with no leaks, but one of the hose clamps had lost tension and the water dribbled out and evaporated when it hit the hot engine.

Anil, what do you think about changing the pressure cap to a higher rated one for better cooling?

[Anil_Sooknanan]

DE-VE,i think some where in this thread has info on radiator caps but i'll still run thru it the cap has a psi rating ... firstly the opperation .... as you know anything that gets hot expands (even ppl) so if the radiator completly sealed the water will have no where to go thats where the cap comes in. the water expands and pushes the seal in the cap if you look carefully at a cap it has a seal and spring what it really is a valve.
so when the water gets hot and expands it pushes the cap seal open and sends the excess water to the expansion tank (over flow bottle) as it cools the radiator creates a vacuum and opens the seal again and refills the radiator
so you really want to know what will happen if you put a higher rating cap
lol you'll be amazed yes the water will go to the expansion tank but not back to the radiator hence it's a process of expansion and contraction , yes there will be expansion and yes there will be contraction but on your hose you will get up every morning and see your hose totally sucked in .if you understand clearly you'll forget you ever taught about that if you don't say!! i'll explain further

[Anil_Sooknanan]

DE-VE,i think some where in this thread has info on radiator caps but i'll still run thru it the cap has a psi rating ... firstly the opperation .... as you know anything that gets hot expands (even ppl) so if the radiator completly sealed the water will have no where to go thats where the cap comes in. the water expands and pushes the seal in the cap if you look carefully at a cap it has a seal and spring what it really is a valve.
so when the water gets hot and expands it pushes the cap seal open and sends the excess water to the expansion tank (over flow bottle) as it cools the radiator creates a vacuum and opens the seal again and refills the radiator
so you really want to know what will happen if you put a higher rating cap
lol you'll be amazed yes the water will go to the expansion tank but not back to the radiator hence it's a process of expansion and contraction , yes there will be expansion and yes there will be contraction but on your hose you will get up every morning and see your hose totally sucked in .if you understand clearly you'll forget you ever taught about that if you don't say!! i'll explain further

[DJ Q]

[Pedro]

Anil, I use to use collant until I saw that I was loosing every day, so I drained and put water. Did the pressure test the correct way (I think) but as I said it came up good. What else can I try?
Maybe I should do a flush and test again?

[Dave-ve]

put some food colouring in the water, it"ll stain the spot thats leaking.

[Anil_Sooknanan]

[DJ Q]

[Pedro]

Aye Anil, answer DJ Q first and then we will talk.. the man was "in line" before me.

Sorry dey DJ Q didn't mean to bounce yuh question.

But Anil, maybe you could do the test for me?

[DJ Q]

na no scene... i jus wanna know if it cud happen...