Hi Mike
High temps occur when air temperature high, 40c at LeMans last time.
On the road temperature Europe and UK 95-97 indicated.
Stopped in traffic in UK rises to 100-110. Only ever lost water in France.
The fan is going the right way, sucking through the radiator
Will try the water wetter.
Dave
On 19/07/12 09:26, Mike Bailey wrote:
odd Dave, I had a 2001 +8 3.9 down here in SW Spain, not usually any traffic but in
June/July/August quite a bit and I had to drive to Madrid for services, temp at 40 deg C,
had the same overheating problem in traffic but "water wetter" cured it. I know
some folk on here don´t rate it but it worked for me. If you are having overheating
problems in the UK I reckon something else is wrong,
best
Mike
SWS
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From: Dave Ager [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wed 18/07/2012 18:44
To: mogtalk2
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Plus eight water pump. Technical
Hi Mike
Yes I am in the UK.
Hi Everybody else
Thanks for the thoughts.
I will go through the list and try them all before anything drastic.
Must admit always assumed fan running right way but will check.
Dave
On 18/07/12 09:01, Mike Bailey wrote:
are you in the UK ?
best
Mike
SWS
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From: Dave Ager [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tue 17/07/2012 21:43
To: mogtalk2
Subject: [mogtalk2] Plus eight water pump. Technical
Hi All.
My plus eight has the normal problem of getting hot when stationary.
I have opened the rear of the bonnet 40mm and fitted an aluminium rad.
Still have a slight issue.
Before fitting an oil cooler a guy at LeMans suggested fitting a smaller
pulley to the water pump to draw more water through the system.
With a standard 97 3.9 hotwire I believe I may have room on the pump to
try this, engine doesn't rev as high as a worked 4.6.
However before I start machining a billet I would like to check the pump
characteristics to ensure I don't end up with cavitation in the pump.
Currently toying with a 10-15 % speed increase.
Now the point . Can anyone provide a spec for the water pump, preferably
with characteristic curves.
Thanks in advance.
Dave
97 plus 8
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