Over Heating Problem Fixed?!

[Plattsy]

hey fellas just to let you know, dropped my car off at hastings radiators this morning, he rang me two hours later to tell me, "your radiator is seventy percent blocked and your head tank is warped" quoted me 350 to fit supply and fill new radiator. if this fixes it its shit loads cheaper than the headgasket i thought was blown! ill let you boys know. (the cars an auto so the rad is a little more expensive apparently) im gonna take some pictures of the blocked radiator ad post em up here tomorro.

[blah_blah]

Highly likely.

Did you notice your water/oil temps being higher than normal?

That's what happened to me, Oil temps to 110-130c for 4 months. Then one day my radiator exploded with the water in the engine boiling for about 15minutes.

R34GTT stock radiator is like 15mm so very thin

[Plattsy]

WOW! did that warp the cylinder head then? iv mostly done highway driving at a set 100kmh so the airflow has been helping, but i plugged consult in at the weekend and after 3 hours of idle and a quick 5 k drive the car got up to 102c on water, i dont have an oil temp gauge but the pressure has been a bit bi polar! ive prev ran the car with the rad cap off to check for co2 coming out but there has been none, neither any milky crap anywhere! hopefully this has sorted it!

ps. the bloody factory water temp gauge was sat at normal while consult told me it was over a hundred degrees. that works then.

[blah_blah]

Engine appears to be fine. This was 4-6 months of driving at 110-130c oil temps, including lots of cruises & thrashings in the summer. She's been been a tough little motor!

Yup stock water gauge is crap, my car was boiling over and it still pointed to the middle... Have gotten an aftermarket water & oil gauge since.

[Plattsy]

yea its something im looking at when i have some (more!) spare cash, picked up a cheap din gauge holder now just need the dials to go in it! im going to the pre meet tom night so ill keep consult running on the laptop and see what temps im getting! great news about your engine, hoping mine is the same, shes just clocked 230ks but seem to pull strong! having a timing belt/pulley/ water pump change next week, hopefully this will keep him going a few more years!

[Plattsy]

well, new radiator in place took of for my 60 k trip to work with consult and the laptop plugged in.

result.

no temp over 82c was seen!!!!

in fact when i brought the car on boost for a second or two the temp went down!!!!

Check out the condition of the old radiator, the guy said as soon as i walked in. "your lucky your car has'nt blown up"