Hello guys
My lower radiator hose seems to take an age to warm, took it around 25min drive earlier and still no heat in it. I've been keeping an eye on it for the last couple of short trips but thought that slightly longer drive may have showed a different result.
Now there are no wild engine temp changes, the needle sits just below half as usual. The coolant is filled to the neck of the radiator and to the guide on the expansion tank.
I popped on a Spill Free Funnel to the radiator (the oneEric The Car Guy uses) and a small amount of coolant came up into the funnel - maybe around 100ml but it wasn't sloshing about. I thought there may have been evident coolant movement.
I ran the engine for a good 10-15mins with this funnel on and nothing happened, no fans, no additional coolant movement, engine temperature gauge as usual. Then I took my multimeter that measures temperature and measured the coolant that was up in the funnel and it was a steady 62degrees Celsius.
I don't know if I'm just being paranoid lol...Does it sound like a stuck thermostat or water pump failure or just a case of paranoia. I'm fearing each longer test drive to diagnose could end up killing the engine if there is indeed a problem :unsure:
Andy
My lower radiator hose seems to take an age to warm, took it around 25min drive earlier and still no heat in it. I've been keeping an eye on it for the last couple of short trips but thought that slightly longer drive may have showed a different result.
Now there are no wild engine temp changes, the needle sits just below half as usual. The coolant is filled to the neck of the radiator and to the guide on the expansion tank.
I popped on a Spill Free Funnel to the radiator (the oneEric The Car Guy uses) and a small amount of coolant came up into the funnel - maybe around 100ml but it wasn't sloshing about. I thought there may have been evident coolant movement.
I ran the engine for a good 10-15mins with this funnel on and nothing happened, no fans, no additional coolant movement, engine temperature gauge as usual. Then I took my multimeter that measures temperature and measured the coolant that was up in the funnel and it was a steady 62degrees Celsius.
I don't know if I'm just being paranoid lol...Does it sound like a stuck thermostat or water pump failure or just a case of paranoia. I'm fearing each longer test drive to diagnose could end up killing the engine if there is indeed a problem :unsure:
Andy