extreeme overheating

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:52 pm

lol....good one jono:P

btw...matts rad cap is a brand new SUPER CHEAP cap

dave

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:39 am

can be water pump too, mine was so worn, i'd be surprised it pumped anything at all!

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:51 pm

hmm yeh. ive since done a whole rad flush with some of that additive stuff, hose out and new coolant. thrashed it again on way home but couldnt get it above operating temp. damn it i hate the way L's seem to fix themselves sometimes...
i dont think ill take it in anywhere - they cant really do much more than i have.
meh ive got a few more testing days too

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:17 pm

ok so i took it into Subaru and VW place in Balcatta. they checked out a few things and took rad out. said it was 80% blocked. so they flushed that out and cleaned it etc. problem resolved- $260 later. not bad i spose. labour worked out to be like $66/h which is good.

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:41 am

good to hear it wasent a biggie :P

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:58 am

80% blocked!?!?! Did you not flush the cooling system yourself first?

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:31 pm

Usually flushing alone isn't enough to shift the sludge from the thin water galleries. The end tanks need to be split off and all the galleries "rodded". This is the only real way to flush a radiator propperly.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:47 pm

When the temp gauge gets a high reading it is often a time to check to see you havent a bad earth to the sender or a bad supply to the gauge. With an L series its always a good idea to every second year before summer to the radiator rodded, even using Subaru recomended and supplied additive the sludge still builds up.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:17 pm

Im surprised they were any help to u there Matt.... i think they are scared to work on my hatch... they play dumb like they don;t know what they are talking about when i go in.

Dave

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:27 pm

no shit ay dave this one guy phil i think was his name didnt say a word to me exept "yup" when i went to drop it off and explained the problem. the other guy john is ok. he reckons they get a few lifted soobs thru there.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:42 pm

My car confuses them i think.

Dave