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23rd April 2010, 15:11 | #13 |
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No, the only possible issue ever with LPG, is with poor quality valve seats which has never been a Rover problem. The head gasket doesn't know what fuel is running in the engine.
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Isn't it time for a LWB section then ????
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I've been taking the LWB out on a 10-15 minute runs and seeing what the temp is doing. I've also been topping it up regularly and I do not know where the coolant is going. I've been topping up with probably 10% coolant mix rather than 50%. I also today fitted a new expansion cap as I saw I had coolant round the top of the tank after letting the car cool down. Tonight I took on a 10 mile run to the local LPG garage to fill up, going there with the temp diags on display I saw that it sat between 94-96 degrees. This was after I topped up the coolant. Coming back The temp was more erratic with it going up to 111 and averaging between 98-106. I did not hear the fan come on although the fan did cycle over the weekend after I turned on the air con. One question should the top hose pipes, the large one and the thin one coming from the expansion tank get hot?, as in too hot to touch as well as the expansion tank itself. Also I had coolant round the top of the expansion tank again after the drive, and I hear a phizzing sound near the top of the tank. Can't be the new cap could it be a seal break or a crack in the neck? BTW notice that the fixing for the radiator have been removed at some point in the past and that a lot of the coolant hoses have jub clips rather than the rover ones. hmmm. Any thoughts guys. I have it booked in with Lates in a few weeks time but I would like to get a vac coolant change just to rule out an air lock. Stubs |
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Have you checked that the fan kicks in by keeping the engine running with the car stopped rather than trying to hear it kick in.
The only time my pipes got too hot to touch was when the fan wasn't working. Will check in the morning after car has run to work if nobody else answers one way or another before then. |
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Thanks for the reply MN190, No I've never had the fan kick in when the temp is rising, I believe I have no slow and possibly no medium fan and I don't know at what temp high fan would kick in but certainly never heard it. I did think the fan was totally jiggered but as stated at the weekend I hear it cycling as I had the air on down low.
I've got a new kenlowe to fit at the weekend so perhaps all will be better with that fitted certainly would be good to know I've got a fan cooling the engine. Stubs |
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Well on this mornings run in to work car never got above 93°C even when stopped. Air con in Econ mode and fan didn't kick in when stopped.
Switched onto Auto and fan kicked in when stood still temp went up to 95°C Switched back to Econ and temp stayed between 94 and 95 with no fan. The original 3 speed fan was replace a couple of years ago with a Kenlowe fan and wired up as per Keiths how to. Pipes and bottom of expansion tank where too hot to touch. |
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Managed to get up to 97 after getting home.
On Econ fan was running |
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