Re: Cooling problems

[gus@xxxx]

Sacha,

You're quite right in assuming that water is not circulating. You can
be sure by checking the radiator pipes under the front of the car,
which I'm sure are cold even when the engine is overheating.

Most likely you have air in the cooling system that must be bled out. 
Now might be a good time to get one of the Magic Bleeding Systems from
your favorite vendor, or you'll have to do it the hard way: bleed a
little from the thermostat, wait for the engine to cool, dump
collected fluid back in, repeat.

If your relays are in the stock configuration, then the cooling fans
are not supposed to come on with the A/C. My car was modified to do
this, but I'm not sure if the FanZilla does this as well.

Your fans should come on if you ground the signal wire of the
otterstat (I think...pretty sure).

You don't need 12V on your water pump, it is driven by a belt! And
frankly, you don't need the cooling fans that much, either. As long
as the car keeps moving, I've never needed the fans to kick on unless
the A/C was running. You will need the fans, but bleeding the air out
is the more immediate problem.


Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
4695





--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Sacha Prins <sprins@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm experiencing cooling problems with my new DeLorean. It overheats
> 10 minutes just idling...
> - The fans never turn on (even when I turn on the AC).
> - I doupt the water pump works at all...

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