M20 getting hot

[Dawskip]

A few thoughts:

Is it better on the highway? Or hot all the time?

Is the heater blowing hot? (circulation issues)

Pictures of the fan and connections you may find here: https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...d-diy?t=246743

Blowing hot -- it seems to be running a tick or two over consistently, however every now and then, for almost no explainable reason it will dip back down to where it should be for a minute or two.

[tomstin]

A few thoughts:

Is it better on the highway? Or hot all the time?

Is the heater blowing hot? (circulation issues)

Pictures of the fan and connections you may find here: https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...d-diy?t=246743

[Dawskip]

Installed a new thermostat and radiator today, means everything in the cooling system has been replaced.

it’s not as bad as it was before, but it’s still a tick or two above the middle, which I know it shouldn’t be.

Is there anything else that I can do to try and diagnose this?

[rlddlr53]

Do you have any cluster issues or jumping needles?

[Dawskip]

Car is definitely bleed, and I’ve already replaced the fan clutch.

[tomstin]

I don’t have a picture handy. Two things to check for the car running hot. First make sure you bled the air out. The easiest way is raise the nose of the car, run this enginee with the heat on and crack the bleeder screw. Second, if it runs fine on the highway and heats up in traffic the fan clutch (the one on the water pump) often is the problem.

[Dawskip]

I’ve replaced every coolant related Item except the radiator, jsut put one on order and should be here soon.

Aside from this, I’ve also noticed that I don’t have an auxiliary fan, the previous owner must’ve removed it.

My question is, does anyone have a link or a picture to what the connector looks like/where it comes from? I want to remount one when I go to install the new radiator, but I’m not sure where it plugs in from/if the owner cut the existing wire.