Hey guys, I've done quite a bit of searching and it looks like I found found some possible answers BUT I still feel the need to ask some stuff directly related to my problem.
I have an 87 supra, jdm engine ~60k kms. I am not loosing coolant and I have checked the symptoms for BHG, everything looks ok.
I noticed the past couple days my car will climb up to almost the red line after shutting it off, but I read that this is heat soaking and it isn't the end of the world? As soon as I start the car is starts to go back down to a little under halfway, no problem. Today I was driving to work, roughly 15 minutes on the highway cruising at ~130kph, pulled of the highway to pick up some McD and sat at the drive through for 5-10 min, after getting my food I looked down and my temp was maybe 4-5 lines before the red. i hopped back onto the road and 5 minutes of driving at 50 kph put me back at regular temps. i have noticed that now at red lights my temp creeps upwards a bit, never to the max temp as the lights aren't long enough.
If I start the car, drive around to operating temps then wait at a light the temp doesn't change, its only after highway and or spirited driving.
Before I go and order a new thermostat and flush the coolant and possibly change the fan clutch, anybody have any other recommendations?
Thanks, Nick
afterthought, no I do not have a fan shroud, my coolant was last flushed last summer, radiator is new from last summer too. Also it was about 35 degrees today and humid (95F)
I have an 87 supra, jdm engine ~60k kms. I am not loosing coolant and I have checked the symptoms for BHG, everything looks ok.
I noticed the past couple days my car will climb up to almost the red line after shutting it off, but I read that this is heat soaking and it isn't the end of the world? As soon as I start the car is starts to go back down to a little under halfway, no problem. Today I was driving to work, roughly 15 minutes on the highway cruising at ~130kph, pulled of the highway to pick up some McD and sat at the drive through for 5-10 min, after getting my food I looked down and my temp was maybe 4-5 lines before the red. i hopped back onto the road and 5 minutes of driving at 50 kph put me back at regular temps. i have noticed that now at red lights my temp creeps upwards a bit, never to the max temp as the lights aren't long enough.
If I start the car, drive around to operating temps then wait at a light the temp doesn't change, its only after highway and or spirited driving.
Before I go and order a new thermostat and flush the coolant and possibly change the fan clutch, anybody have any other recommendations?
Thanks, Nick
afterthought, no I do not have a fan shroud, my coolant was last flushed last summer, radiator is new from last summer too. Also it was about 35 degrees today and humid (95F)
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