I posted on this topic before, but never a full story.
My timing belt snapped about 6 months ago. I decided to DIY. Head went to engineers. Gasket replaced. Did not bleed. Overheated. I then did head gasket replacement again. This time bled properly. She was running hot. Replaced thermostat and found the gasket was leaking. Crappy bloody gasket. Replaced the with an Elring. Bled fine.
Replaced water bottle coz flow was not great.
Now for the fun...
Car runs fine. Temp goes to half mark in traffic and I can stand still for a long time. When driving, temp moves a millimeter or two towards cool mark. I can push her hard and she stays cool.
When I drive on the freeway at 120kph she remains cool. Even doing so in fourth or third at 5000 rpm she remains cool.
When I climb, even accelerating slowly, to 130kph she starts climbing temp. As she reaches just under 3/4, I tap back to 120kph and she starts coming down to normal (millimeter under half).
I flushed the rad, seems to have good flow.
The only thing "not stock" is the valbe clclearance. Which I set according to the forums here.
I found a vacuum leak on throttle body. Sorted that.
I don't know what else to check. Please help...
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My timing belt snapped about 6 months ago. I decided to DIY. Head went to engineers. Gasket replaced. Did not bleed. Overheated. I then did head gasket replacement again. This time bled properly. She was running hot. Replaced thermostat and found the gasket was leaking. Crappy bloody gasket. Replaced the with an Elring. Bled fine.
Replaced water bottle coz flow was not great.
Now for the fun...
Car runs fine. Temp goes to half mark in traffic and I can stand still for a long time. When driving, temp moves a millimeter or two towards cool mark. I can push her hard and she stays cool.
When I drive on the freeway at 120kph she remains cool. Even doing so in fourth or third at 5000 rpm she remains cool.
When I climb, even accelerating slowly, to 130kph she starts climbing temp. As she reaches just under 3/4, I tap back to 120kph and she starts coming down to normal (millimeter under half).
I flushed the rad, seems to have good flow.
The only thing "not stock" is the valbe clclearance. Which I set according to the forums here.
I found a vacuum leak on throttle body. Sorted that.
I don't know what else to check. Please help...
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