Galen
New Member
I've flushed my cooling system out, put on a new thermostat and have taken the discovery for a spin.
It took about the same time as usual for the temp gauge to wander up toward the middle of its range and for the heater to start doing something useful, so nothing obviously untoward.
I've just parked up and lifted the bonnet to see if the water level is still ok and that there's no obvious leaks, and checked the radiator. The radiator is absolutely stone cold. There's some heat transfer at the feed pipe, but the main radiator and the outlet are cold.
The coolant in the header tank and all of the pipes coming off the engine are at or around 61C at the moment, so the coolant is taking heat from the engine.
What temperature do I need to get the coolant up to in order to get the thermostat open and coolant to flow through the radiator?
It took about the same time as usual for the temp gauge to wander up toward the middle of its range and for the heater to start doing something useful, so nothing obviously untoward.
I've just parked up and lifted the bonnet to see if the water level is still ok and that there's no obvious leaks, and checked the radiator. The radiator is absolutely stone cold. There's some heat transfer at the feed pipe, but the main radiator and the outlet are cold.
The coolant in the header tank and all of the pipes coming off the engine are at or around 61C at the moment, so the coolant is taking heat from the engine.
What temperature do I need to get the coolant up to in order to get the thermostat open and coolant to flow through the radiator?
