antifreeze instead of water

[porsche gt1]

screw you all and your 50 50,
i would say im running whatever was left in that one bottle +however much water it took to fill it up+ water wetter
booyah
oh btw 1/4 temp on the guage all the time, only aux fan on low.
pwnified

If you are running at 1/4 temp you must be running rich. The ECu will add fuel when the car is cold, I would try to bring it just under the 1/2 mark or you will burn our your cat and make your chamber black.

[NC325iC]

i dont think im running rich, and i dont give a fuck about my cat, i have no need for it
if anything i think im running lean
if you can tell me an easy way to make it run a little hotter than by all means tell me.
i have only the aux fan running at low, even when its 102 outside it barely goes past the 1/4 mark

[ZinRot325i]

Your thermostat may be stuck open.

[porsche gt1]

Your thermostat may be stuck open.

2x on that, replace and have some happy driving.

[volgapower]

my gauge gets to the middle after 5 minutes and stays there maybe goes a little past and this happens only on a race circuit after 4-5 laps

but on race days i usually install my stuck open termostat

and as about water, there is now 100% water and so u think 50/50 will help?
i dont want the water pump to leak

[Rocla]

And on Volgapowers case, do put the antifreeze ASAP.

Why do you think it's called antifreeze? As you know water will freeze at 0 deg C, if air temp is near to zero imagine what windfactor during drive will do to your raditator temp...

Frozen radiator and runnig engine will quite soon blow head gasket.

[volgapower]

i think its called antyfreeze, because in my country it IS called so :)

ok i'll try to walk the shops find some...

[DanielHStout]

You also run the risk of getting rust in the system if you just run plain water.

[Koony]

I buy the stuff that's already 50/50. :D

I know you don't care for my opinion but I'm going to give it to you anyways. That premixed stuff is lame. They market that stuff for people that don't know their supposed to add water to their antifreeze, ie: soccer moms and P.E. Teachers. Mine and many a techs worth.

[NC325iC]

Your thermostat may be stuck open.

i dont think so, i can be sitting at a red light and the temp will climb up to about 1/2 way btw 1/4 and 1/2 and then ill start driving and itll stay around that temp for a while then pretty much all of the sudden itll drop down to 1/4. which i interpret to be the Tstat opening

[porsche gt1]

i dont think so, i can be sitting at a red light and the temp will climb up to about 1/2 way btw 1/4 and 1/2 and then ill start driving and itll stay around that temp for a while then pretty much all of the sudden itll drop down to 1/4. which i interpret to be the Tstat opening

I believe you just answered your question. T stat is not locked open it is just not working properly. It should not open at that temp. I would replace it, if anything to see if that is the problem.

[NC325iC]

is there anyway to tell what temp tstat i have so i can order one of the same

[DanielHStout]

T-stats are cheap. Replace it, if it doesn't fix it keep your old one for a spare.

[NC325iC]

im not worried about the cost, i just dont wanna put the wrong temperature tstat in

[porsche gt1]

should be a BMW Part number on it to let you know.