frosty2008
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right ive got a 98 p38 auto 4 ltr with LPG conversion 112k miles
ive recently (yesterday) had to go up a very steep lane (tarmacked) to access a farm house where some friends were staying. the rangie was doing fine until i can across a couple of cars going down the hill. a few reverses and manoeuvres later i was past but the temp had gone through the roof and the red over temp warning light was on.
i pulled over and then the usual steam came out and coolant out of the overflow pipe due to it boiling away.
i let i cool down and luckily had 2 litres of water in the car. topped it up and carried on up the hill. stopped again when the temp got high. carried on .... stopped..... carried on.... etc until i reached my destination (total trip from first stop to farm house less than a mile).
reached the farm house let it cool down all the way and then topped up the reservoir. ran the engine for a little and let it cool down and re checked the reservoir. all good. checked the reservoir and there was still a blue coloured liquid in the tank.
this was in Wales. id driven to Wales on LPG from Kent via Heathrow all fine not a fault in sight. i drove home 30 mins after incident from Wales via Heathrow all fine not a fault in sight.
what caused the overheating on the hill??. i was in gear 1 and 2 in the high range and running on lpg up the hill. im thinking that my baby didnt like being told to go up hill on lpg and in 1st or 2nd (high range). any thoughts ??
cheers
frosty
ps i love my P38
ive recently (yesterday) had to go up a very steep lane (tarmacked) to access a farm house where some friends were staying. the rangie was doing fine until i can across a couple of cars going down the hill. a few reverses and manoeuvres later i was past but the temp had gone through the roof and the red over temp warning light was on.
i pulled over and then the usual steam came out and coolant out of the overflow pipe due to it boiling away.
i let i cool down and luckily had 2 litres of water in the car. topped it up and carried on up the hill. stopped again when the temp got high. carried on .... stopped..... carried on.... etc until i reached my destination (total trip from first stop to farm house less than a mile).
reached the farm house let it cool down all the way and then topped up the reservoir. ran the engine for a little and let it cool down and re checked the reservoir. all good. checked the reservoir and there was still a blue coloured liquid in the tank.
this was in Wales. id driven to Wales on LPG from Kent via Heathrow all fine not a fault in sight. i drove home 30 mins after incident from Wales via Heathrow all fine not a fault in sight.
what caused the overheating on the hill??. i was in gear 1 and 2 in the high range and running on lpg up the hill. im thinking that my baby didnt like being told to go up hill on lpg and in 1st or 2nd (high range). any thoughts ??
cheers
frosty
ps i love my P38
