Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
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Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Hi,When i put my foot down the temperature goes right up but when i slow down the gauge goes back to 11 oclock within miutes, have fitted a new thermostat.any ideas?
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Re: Temperature shoots up
Did you bleed it properly or just fill it back up with coolant? sounds like it's overheating, get it bled properly.
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Re: Temperature shoots up
Have you got the standard temp gauge of do you have a Mason alarm fitted?
If standard, you are seriously overheating when the gauge rises
I am assuming that you carried out the proper bleeding procedure to get all air out of the system?
If standard, you are seriously overheating when the gauge rises

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Re: Temperature shoots up
Do you have a Mason alarm fitted?
How long have you had the van, and has it done this before?
SD
Edit - francophile beat me to the mason bit
How long have you had the van, and has it done this before?
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Edit - francophile beat me to the mason bit

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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Welcome, you're asking in the right place but not enough info.
Do you have any ancillary alarms (Mason or Low Coolant) fitted?
How often has the coolant level been checked recently?
Are you getting heat out of the blowers?
Where are you located?
Do you have any ancillary alarms (Mason or Low Coolant) fitted?
How often has the coolant level been checked recently?
Are you getting heat out of the blowers?
Where are you located?
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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
I would advise not driving it until you've got it sorted, you will knacker the head/gasket. What made you fit a new stat?
There is a factsheet in the members area on coolant bleeding methods. Are you losing coolant?
There is a factsheet in the members area on coolant bleeding methods. Are you losing coolant?
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Re: Temperature shoots up
yeh standard temp gauge no alarm fitted yeh bleeded the system? but unsure if enough as soon as you take foot off the gas the gauge gos back to 11 oclock positionfrancophile1947 wrote:Have you got the standard temp gauge of do you have a Mason alarm fitted?
If standard, you are seriously overheating when the gauge risesI am assuming that you carried out the proper bleeding procedure to get all air out of the system?
Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
no ancillary alarms ,normally checked monthtly and yes heat out of blowers had me bongo for 3 years and this problem as only just started in this last week and only seems to happen when engine under load as you can leave it ticking over outside for a hour or 2 and the gauge stays @ 11oclock postionmister munkey wrote:Welcome, you're asking in the right place but not enough info.
Do you have any ancillary alarms (Mason or Low Coolant) fitted?
How often has the coolant level been checked recently?
Are you getting heat out of the blowers?
Where are you located?
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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Thoughts are a lazy stat (why did you change it), or not bled quite right.
I'm in the throes of the same prob at the moment, but my meter is "undamped", and more sensitive to a few degrees change. As Kirsty says, I'd be wary of using until sorted.
SD
I'm in the throes of the same prob at the moment, but my meter is "undamped", and more sensitive to a few degrees change. As Kirsty says, I'd be wary of using until sorted.
SD
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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
As the gauge rises with engine speed it looks like it could be voltage related and not a coolant problem.maso1 wrote:yeh standard temp gauge no alarm fitted yeh bleeded the system? but unsure if enough as soon as you take foot off the gas the gauge gos back to 11 oclock positionfrancophile1947 wrote:Have you got the standard temp gauge of do you have a Mason alarm fitted?
If standard, you are seriously overheating when the gauge risesI am assuming that you carried out the proper bleeding procedure to get all air out of the system?

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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Even though it takes a few minutes for the temp to return to 11oclock?
It is a bit of a strange one though as the temp is actually going back down
It is a bit of a strange one though as the temp is actually going back down

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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Read what I replied to in my post.....................missfixit70 wrote:Even though it takes a few minutes for the temp to return to 11oclock?



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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Do you think it could be alternator related perchance??The Great Pretender wrote:As the gauge rises with engine speed it looks like it could be voltage related and not a coolant problem.maso1 wrote:yeh standard temp gauge no alarm fitted yeh bleeded the system? but unsure if enough as soon as you take foot off the gas the gauge gos back to 11 oclock positionfrancophile1947 wrote:Have you got the standard temp gauge of do you have a Mason alarm fitted?
If standard, you are seriously overheating when the gauge risesI am assuming that you carried out the proper bleeding procedure to get all air out of the system?



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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
Yeah, but i was referring to this statementThe Great Pretender wrote:Read what I replied to in my post.....................missfixit70 wrote:Even though it takes a few minutes for the temp to return to 11oclock?![]()
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maso1 wrote:Hi,When i put my foot down the temperature goes right up but when i slow down the gauge goes back to 11 oclock within miutes, have fitted a new thermostat.any ideas?
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Re: Temperature shoots up HELP!!!!
stilldesperate wrote:Thoughts are a lazy stat (why did you change it), or not bled quite right.
I'm in the throes of the same prob at the moment, but my meter is "undamped", and more sensitive to a few degrees change. As Kirsty says, I'd be wary of using until sorted.
SD
Hi,
How is your temp gauge undampened.Is it a Mason Mod or a Hyden Mod.