OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
06-08-2006, 04:23 PM
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OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
Im having some troubles with my car running way to dam hot. On a hot day itll run @ 230 while cruising around in town. The lowest Ive ever seen it go was 190 and that was on a cool night cruising @ 50
The car is an 88 crx si, d16a6 motor with some internals and a fairly sized turbo. My rad probably gets close to no air flow I would assume because of my large intercooler.
But Ive seen many guys running just the eg rads and id assume they had no troubles right?
I pulled my thermostat and have my fan running all the time and I cant keep the temps down. I also put a few washers under the hood to lift the back to vent it but nothing keeps this ---- down
I was debating on trying to squeeze back in the stock crx full size rad (which i dont even know if I can do actually) or spend big bucks on a aluminum 1/2 size rad which still might not work
Wha do you suggest?
The car is an 88 crx si, d16a6 motor with some internals and a fairly sized turbo. My rad probably gets close to no air flow I would assume because of my large intercooler.
But Ive seen many guys running just the eg rads and id assume they had no troubles right?
I pulled my thermostat and have my fan running all the time and I cant keep the temps down. I also put a few washers under the hood to lift the back to vent it but nothing keeps this ---- down
I was debating on trying to squeeze back in the stock crx full size rad (which i dont even know if I can do actually) or spend big bucks on a aluminum 1/2 size rad which still might not work
Wha do you suggest?
06-08-2006, 04:42 PM
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Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
ive seen single cores cool single cam turbo setups plenty.
things to look into
1. fan blowing air the right direction (it happens)
2. headgasket leakage
make sure your fan isnt pushing air instead of pulling air.
things to look into
1. fan blowing air the right direction (it happens)
2. headgasket leakage
make sure your fan isnt pushing air instead of pulling air.
06-08-2006, 05:10 PM
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Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
Originally Posted by ****
ive seen single cores cool single cam turbo setups plenty.
things to look into
1. fan blowing air the right direction (it happens)
2. headgasket leakage
make sure your fan isnt pushing air instead of pulling air.
things to look into
1. fan blowing air the right direction (it happens)
2. headgasket leakage
make sure your fan isnt pushing air instead of pulling air.
06-08-2006, 05:25 PM
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Re: OVERHEATING! Dual Core EG Rad not Good Enough? A6 Turbo
I had the same problem just yesterday, I was running a dual core half size eg ebay radiator in my 90 teg with nothing blocking the air flow to the radiator, and it was overheating on the freeway.
It wasnt leaking coolant or anything I was like wtf... So I swapped caps and still nothing...
It just wouldnt hold pressure that was the whole problem its because it was a cheap *** ebay piece.
so this morning I changed the radiator out and its good now.
It wasnt leaking coolant or anything I was like wtf... So I swapped caps and still nothing...
It just wouldnt hold pressure that was the whole problem its because it was a cheap *** ebay piece.
so this morning I changed the radiator out and its good now.
