HELP!

[ersalle71]

Prolong overheating, for e.g temperature gauge at 3/4 mark all the time will eventually warp and crack the head block, this happen to mine. By the way what engine is your ride?6pot or 4 pot? New water pumps cost only $70-80 why are u using recon waterpumps?sheeshhh Well if u said it only hit a mere few seconds then the head gasket may survived from being cooked. Small leakage from radiator and hoses normally makes ur temp gauge move up slowly and u can see it when u stop or crawling at traffic. Normally it wont fail spectacularly, its more gradual until theres no more water in the head block to recirculate thats where ur temp gauge jumps to red.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by ersalle71

Prolong overheating, for e.g temperature gauge at 3/4 mark all the time will eventually warp and crack the head block, this happen to mine. By the way what engine is your ride?6pot or 4 pot? New water pumps cost only $70-80 why are u using recon waterpumps?sheeshhh Well if u said it only hit a mere few seconds then the head gasket may survived from being cooked. Small leakage from radiator and hoses normally makes ur temp gauge move up slowly and u can see it when u stop or crawling at traffic. Normally it wont fail spectacularly, its more gradual until theres no more water in the head block to recirculate thats where ur temp gauge jumps to red.

Nah man, its not reco - new pump. I aint that cheap! And besides, the whole point of it is pre-emptive maintainence on a component known to fail. So need new pump to achieve that.

From what I've seen so far, temp stays rock-solid throughout. If it was at 3/4 for sure I'd be worried also.

BTW, is there such a thing as an electric fan (vs. engine driven)?

[ersalle71]

Electric fan vs engine driven.......why? electric fan are mostly on FWD cars because of the engine postioning. RWD cars normally uses engine driven to draw in air. If u want to convert to electric fan, u will free some engine load but at the expense of ur battery power. There are pro's and cons about this. Our car still have a push fan that is in front of the air con cooling coil, its on when u turn on the aircon, and if the air con is off it will turn on at slow speed when the thermoswitch in the radiator senses water temperature is slightly above normal operating temp.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by ersalle71

Electric fan vs engine driven.......why? electric fan are mostly on FWD cars because of the engine postioning. RWD cars normally uses engine driven to draw in air. If u want to convert to electric fan, u will free some engine load but at the expense of ur battery power. There are pro's and cons about this. Our car still have a push fan that is in front of the air con cooling coil, its on when u turn on the aircon, and if the air con is off it will turn on at slow speed when the thermoswitch in the radiator senses water temperature is slightly above normal operating temp.

That's basically it - free up a little more power. Engine feels a little strangled when fan is running. But guess it’s not essential.

At this (early) stage I'm trying to remain focused on basic preventative maintenance.