Hi all
what a nice forum, I've just joined today.
Well here it goes. My engine keeps overheating. This especially after climbing steap hils. It has gone as far as to 240 on the gauge.
It is a 305 with carburator and manual gearbox.
I will try to tell you the stry and what I have checked.
The car stood still because the Gearbox was out for maintenance. It stood still for a couple of months. After the gearbox was mounted again it started this overheating (I cant remember if it started right after or after a while) Anyway the overheating started.
Stuff I have checked
Thermostat is brand new.
Tempsensor is correct.
I have checked if the waterpump is ok, I dismounted it and checked it and it looked good as far as I could see.
Comptest done on all sylinders, it was fine.
The radioator has been cleaned, the fan is running
I\ve checked the system for air bobbles. Nothing.
The fan on this car has been wired to be running as long as the ignition is on (this was done by the previous owner) So maybe he has had some issues with the cooling before ? I dont know. There is no AC on the car, it has been delivered with it when it was new. But it has been dfismounted.
My next step was going to be to maybe change the fan and radiator to a bigger one. I know the cooling is not the best on these cars, but it was absolutely no problems before the car stood still for those couple of months.
If anyone have any idea on what it could be than any answers will be appreciated