Cooling help !!

[Joe_VTS]

Hello new the site and this is my first VTS had turbos before this little pocket rocket..

ok now to the prop..

Heat... to drive the car it will sit on about half way maybe in the middle of that and hot..

give the car some beans and it will fall to about half way ..

BUT when the car has stop ie sitting at lights... the temp will climb into the red nearly but today after a bit of a beating the little red light came on so i drove down the road open'd the bonnent and turn'd it all off..

I have put a brand new rad into this and also rasie the bonnent up bye about 1" gonna give it a little more tomorrow..

But i no this car should not run this hot help us out running out of ideas now..

tomorrow buying a new fan sender unit hopefully be that but if it aint well i got no idea

[Mark51]

is the fan coming on? they normally come on when the temp gauge reads just over half.
if it all seems to be working how it should be just add another fan next to your existing one.

[Ads01]

I had this same problem, Seeing as you have already replaced your radiator I would.

1) Flush out your coolant system to get rid of any possible air locks. (check to see if it's alright)

2) Replace your thermostat (Was my problem, only a tenner and easy as pie to fit)

3) The dreaded head gasket (losing any power? Stuttering? Any smoke?)

[VTS_16v_Boy]

^^^

As above really, the thermostat was a problem with my S to so whip it out, get a new one in Your need both thermostat and seals (Seals are maindealer only) all in about £12 thermo and seals, flush the system out the new rad will also help. Worth mentionin I had a problem with my rad cap not holdin pressure and would dump water once the engine was turned off, for a couple quid it wouldnt hurt to have a new one if one wasnt supplied with the rad.

Mines fine now and only moves off half way when comin of motorway and stoppin and heavy traffic but never goes past 1/4.

Oh and welcome to the site mate :-) Shame your 1st post is about a problem but your get used to fix it! Thats half the fun :-)

Enjoy the site

[Joe_VTS]

Lol thanks guys..

wont be my last post so dont worry..

i had a r5 turbo before this i wanted to get away from turbos lol.. i really hope aint as much hassle..

i will get a new thermo in 2day and see how i get on cheers guys and gals..

many people from essex on ere??

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Yer, well I live in East London, spend most of my time in Dartford Kent and Work in Benfleet Essex so kinda :-)

Take alook in the SE are section join up and come along to some local area meets should be sortin few out soon after chistmas.

Ive had my S for about a year know, its not been to bad I think its just a modern verson of a hot hatch really - there not round there best unless there squeekin rattling or falling to peices :-)

Got any pics of either the Sax or the GTT?

[Joe_VTS]

i have loads of pics of my old r5 mate.. i will get them up..

also got pics of the saxo get them up 2 will find the photo room on this forum ;)

[piperX]

what bhp you manage to get the r5 up to then mate???

[Joe_VTS]

out of my r5 was around the 230 - 240 area but was hard to find grip unless was a good road or tyres was warm..

so used to run on about 14.7 psi "1 bar" happy..

now got the saxo gos like a pocket rocket and i can turn it stright off and go stright off in the mornings no turbo to sit and warm up..

cant see a photo room where i can put other car pics up

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Its 'Your Saxo Photos / Videos' Directly under the 'Currently Active Users Viewing . . .' bar in the 'Forum Jump' drop down menu under 'Saxo Problems & Queries'

[Joe_VTS]

r5 pics i put up..

saxo new thermo in today running like a dream thx ppl