Re: 200TDi Temperature - too hot?

Hi Jon,

> Out of interest how hot does your 200TDi run when running at 70mph,
> i.e. Motorway driving?

I've a 92 110 200tdi with a roofrack. (I don't get to 70 unless theres
a downhill and a tailwind)
I usually cruse at about 60-65 and the temp sits at somewhere between
1/3 and 1/2. This is in 30 degrees with NO fan (my bodge broke again
and I'm driving about without a fan again. Soon to be fixed - honest)

I take anything over half way on my gauge to be the beginnings of it
overheating and let it cool down - but then again I don't know that
the gauges are that accurate.

In my experience, the 200tdi doesn't over heat unless you start
climbing some BIG hills (or your fan doesn't work)
Sounds like yours runs a bit hotter than mine.

Have you checked that the thermostat is opening? Are the pipes to the
radiator hot after a run?
When hot, do you have any cool spots on the radiator?
Is the fan VC locked when hot?
Flushing the rad would do no harm and you see what comes out.

Is there coolant in it? Is there a fan belt round the pump? ;->

As for the intercooler, I've read that they do reduce the cooling
ability a bit. I'm sure someone with experience will be along soon to
tell you. I wouldn't fancy fitting one though till I was sure of the
existing setup.


HTH,
Gromit

In article <[email protected]>, Gromit
<[email protected]> writes
>In my experience, the 200tdi doesn't over heat unless you start
>climbing some BIG hills (or your fan doesn't work)
>Sounds like yours runs a bit hotter than mine.


If your cooling system is in good order your 200tdi will NEVER overheat
in the UK.

Think about what it is designed to do and where it is designed to do it.

If yours overheats on hills than you have a problem.


One of my discos used to overheat but only when towing a trailer flat
out up a hill........fitted a new radiator and now it will do it all day
without overheating.
--
Marc Draper

Forsale

Landrover Defender 90 300tdi county hardtop 1996 72K
Landrover Discovery comercial 300tdi S reg 70k
Landrover Discovery Comercial 300tdi R reg 62k
Toyota Hilux surf 2.4 AW/AC/EW/SR

Super winch X9 + genuine Landrover fitting kits for 200 Disco.

> If your cooling system is in good order your 200tdi will NEVER overheat
> in the UK.
> If yours overheats on hills than you have a problem.

I'm not in the UK and yes, mine does have a problem as I said, the fan
doesn't work.
The point being that my runs cooler without a fan in more extreme
conditions than the OPs, hence concluding that they are probably
overheating a bit.

G

In article <[email protected]>, Gromit
<[email protected]> writes
>In my experience, the 200tdi doesn't over heat unless you start
>climbing some BIG hills (or your fan doesn't work)
>Sounds like yours runs a bit hotter than mine.


If your cooling system is in good order your 200tdi will NEVER overheat
in the UK.

Think about what it is designed to do and where it is designed to do it.

If yours overheats on hills than you have a problem.


One of my discos used to overheat but only when towing a trailer flat
out up a hill........fitted a new radiator and now it will do it all day
without overheating.
--
Marc Draper

Forsale

Landrover Defender 90 300tdi county hardtop 1996 72K
Landrover Discovery comercial 300tdi S reg 70k
Landrover Discovery Comercial 300tdi R reg 62k
Toyota Hilux surf 2.4 AW/AC/EW/SR

Super winch X9 + genuine Landrover fitting kits for 200 Disco.