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Post by Rangie Wrecker »

Hi fellas. I have just about had enough of my overheating rangie. It hasn't been right since that electric fan fiasco, you know Sam, the ones I gave you for your buggy? I can drive around fine until I get up to highway speed for any length of time or labour the engine on a hill. It doesn't make any difference if I have the 33's or the 35's on. Are the four core radiators that much better? The other thing is the CV's. I spoke to Mal Story the other day and he is talking about some that are under going feild testing in th US. I hope they work out because I am getting pretty sick of chewing them to bits with seemingly little effort. Any thoughts would be apreciated.

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what have you done to try to fix the overheating so far??????????
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Post by HSV Rangie »

Yell what you have done to engine.
Whats in front of Rad.

Rover water pumps have crap design impeller this causes heaps of trouble.

May have fix for this soon.
Michael.
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there is a guy at eco trans in melbourne who puts his own impellers on water pumps and flow tests them (they work great he did one for my 351 cleveland)!!
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Post by HSV Rangie »

yeah we are thinking about casting our own, we have made one and fitted it works perfect towing 2 tonne in summer no rad cap never got hot.

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Post by up2nogood »

G'day, have you replaced your thermostat? You'd be suprised how many engines are killed by these $30 parts........
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Post by Rangie Wrecker »

I have replaced the thermostat, water pump, head gaskets and fan. There is a highmount winch and an ARB bar in front but that is no different to Pommy's, Hingerty's, Hummer's or either of the Smiths.
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have you had the rad cleaned out yet??
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Post by suzidisco »

if you got the money go the 4 core you wont regrete it
i use to be on the beach a lot and was forever overheating ( rad was partially blocked ) put the 4 core in and never had the needle over half since but they are pricey
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Post by Rangie Wrecker »

I had the tanks removed and the core "rodded" out and cleaned. The whole darn thing should be perfect. I have got my hands on another vehicle and it has a four core radiator in it so I will be trying that.
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Post by madrangie »

this may sound silly but check your timing .. mine was out by 6 degrees and i had lots of over heating freeway driving and four wheeling .. more timing and no heating porbs anymore . There was a write up on another forum regarding the rover timing etc your timing light may show the correct degree but it can be up to 8 degree out because of the cam dial in .. so maybe timing it by hand ( advance slowly till it pings driving then back it off a little )
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