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Tbf mate once an engines too hot to touch doesn't necessarily means its overheating, none of us have asbestos fingers lol. The temp gauge will shoot up to half, sit there for a while then start shooting up into the red
I've already put a new stat on it just for process of elimination. Are the gauges known to be faulty? I'm not willing to risk it boiling up and cooking itself. When the thermostat opened and the top hose/radiator started to get hot the coolant in the header tank was still stone cold, is this...
Hi all, my 172 gets hot quick and then starts to overheat, I was told its water pump by the guy I bought it off but the pump doesn't seem to whine/rattle. Stat opens as it should, no oil in the water or water in the oil, heaters work and get hot. Anyone had this before?
Hi all, I'm Gunny (Dayne Gunn), recently bought a PH2 172 off the mrs' cousin, don't really have many plans for it but there's a couple of issues need sorting so you'll see me asking a few questions lol here's the car: