Well I reckon that now I've moved my rad to the outside of the frame, removed the mechanical fan & replaced it with a sucking electrical fan that I'm running too cool. As I'm driving the temperature goes up to the 80 degrees mark I can then watch the termostat open & the temperature comes back down to nearly 50, goes up, comes back down again. The fan switch is on the top hose just after the thermostat & set to the highest temp it can be 90. That does cut in after the thermosat opens but even after a spirited run you can put your hand on the rad anywhere apart from the top inch or so. So am I cooling too much? is there an optimum temperature that the water should be going back into the engine at. If it's too hot then it's obviously not going to cool the engine enough & overheating will occur. But if it's too cold (can it be too cold) is it not letting the engine run at it's best efficiency?
I was thinling of moving the rad switch onto the bottom pipe & setting that at 60-70 degrees this would allow the whole system to warm up correctly.
Thoughts or actual knowledge anybody?
Alan...
I was thinling of moving the rad switch onto the bottom pipe & setting that at 60-70 degrees this would allow the whole system to warm up correctly.
Thoughts or actual knowledge anybody?
Alan...