Hi guys,
I removed the air con today frm my 98 V.. the heating hasn't been functioning rite for some time so I thought now would be a good chance to throw in the new replacement standard stat in and change the coolant as well.
I drained the old coolant, replaced the stat, filled the rad with water.. ran it for a few min's, drained the water out and put in abt 4lts of fresh coolant (halfrauds red) to the rad and reservoir.
I notice now that the temp gauge on the dash goes up to the half mark quite quickly and it takes alot longer for the fan to kick in when static. The gauge nearly goes to the half mark within a abt a mile of driving(30/5mph) but in fairness when you switch the heaters on it blows very warm air well. It would have taken some time to reach this mark before and heat well.
I also noticed when idling after putting the new coolant in that steam sort of came frm the rad cap (which is stock). The temp also doesn't seem to fall from half and I thought it would have cooled better as air is hitting the rad better with the a/c out (iv hav no FMIC)
Is this the system nw functioning correctly and i'm being paranoid or is there actually something wrong ??
cheers
G
I removed the air con today frm my 98 V.. the heating hasn't been functioning rite for some time so I thought now would be a good chance to throw in the new replacement standard stat in and change the coolant as well.
I drained the old coolant, replaced the stat, filled the rad with water.. ran it for a few min's, drained the water out and put in abt 4lts of fresh coolant (halfrauds red) to the rad and reservoir.
I notice now that the temp gauge on the dash goes up to the half mark quite quickly and it takes alot longer for the fan to kick in when static. The gauge nearly goes to the half mark within a abt a mile of driving(30/5mph) but in fairness when you switch the heaters on it blows very warm air well. It would have taken some time to reach this mark before and heat well.
I also noticed when idling after putting the new coolant in that steam sort of came frm the rad cap (which is stock). The temp also doesn't seem to fall from half and I thought it would have cooled better as air is hitting the rad better with the a/c out (iv hav no FMIC)
Is this the system nw functioning correctly and i'm being paranoid or is there actually something wrong ??
cheers
G