Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:23:08 GMT From: "William Brooks" <sea.brooksnopsamdnet.att.net> Subject: Re: How hot is too hot?
At 70 mph, I think the fan would have very little effect. At that point, it's a matter of how much water is circulating through the engine and how efficient the radiator is at cooling that water. As others have noted, the coolant temperature on these cars seems to fluctuate more than just about any other car on the road. I am just hoping to get some anecdotal evidence of at what point one should start looking for a place to pull over and cool off the engine. Years ago, I had a BMW Bavaria that got a little warm one day, blew a head gasket and stranded me on the way to my wedding rehearsal. We ended up taking the other car (a bullet-proof Peugeot 504) on the honeymoon and the BMW's engine was an expensive mess indeed when we got back two weeks later. Ever since then, I've been a bit gun shy when it comes to coolant temps. Has anybody else climbed a long steep grade at high speed in hot weather? Hoping to hear how hot things got before boilover or worse. Thanks again. "bradford" <garrettt3nopsamphia.net> wrote in message news:8lvjus$um1$1nopsam1.deja.com... this is not a problem...the needle will go to just about the red H..then the secondary fan will turn on and cool it down...this is how they work and it is not a problem...u will seee it get this high on stop and go traffic and up hills pushing the car...dont worry...it is all normal... In article <8ltk3k$kpi$1nopsam1.deja.com>, saabsternopsameja.com wrote: > On my 8v 85 900 the temp gauge is frequently up to 3/4 in stop-and-go > daytime driving, and up steep grades it can get near the red. From what > other Saabsters have told me here, this is about normal. The 900's > temperature is up and down like no other car.When I'm cruising along a > flat stretch of highway with a breeze flowing through the radiator, the > gauge stays at about halfway, but in idle and while fighting gravity the > temp is prone to climbing > > Saabster > > 85 900 8v > > In article <4xng5.20174$o71.1295761nopsamsc04- news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > "William Brooks" <sea.brooksnopsamdnet.att.net> wrote: > > I was climbing up a long (3+ miles) steep grade at about 70 mph in > 90-degree > > weather this afternoon and watched as the temperature gauge on my 1988 > 9000 > > Turbo climbed up past the 3/4 mark to almost the 7/8 mark about two > miles > > into the climb. > > > > The turbo needle was pretty far into the yellow, so I know the engine > was > > working fairly hard. I chickened out and turned off the a/c and was > getting > > ready to open the windows and turn on the heat, but the coolant temp > didn't > > climb any higher. > > > > No apparent damage done, but I wonder just how hot these engines > typically > > run under these conditions and when should one start worrying/taking > > corrective measures. FWIW, the car is an automatic with 136K miles on > it. > > Other than the temps, it drove great. > > > > Even on flat ground in warm weather the needle will move between the > > half-way and 3/4 mark depending on ambient temp and traffic. Today was > the > > highest I'd seen it go. I have another trip over the same route in two > > weeks, so I have time to choose our other car or try to fix the 9K if > it > > needs it. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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