turbo progress - Page 2

worknprog.99 · 04-25-2009, 12:54 AM

so we go to relocate the battery to the trunk.....get it all done wire ran under the car and everything, for some reason we forgot to fasten it at the bottom where it came u to the positive terminal on the fuse box. so with the slack it fell down and scrapped the road exposing about two feet of wire (50$ ruined) and started hitting the frame and sparking... now its at my girlfriends house awaiting me to go back and lay in the road to fix it.

on a side note; my car runs hot would switching to regular coolent help this?

Spilner521 · 04-25-2009, 01:25 AM

Regular coolant? What do you run now?

worknprog.99 · 04-25-2009, 03:26 PM

dex cool. everyone at my work says they would NEVER keep dex cool in the car. and it probably is partly why my car heats up so fast and i should switch to the green stuff

Gr1m · 04-25-2009, 03:35 PM

you cant just switch from dexcool to regular coolant, i would wait til you rebuild your motor and actually tear into the gaskets and then while you have the engine apart flush your coolant and replace all of your gaskets at the same time while switching to new coolant.

worknprog.99 · 04-25-2009, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Gr1m

you cant just switch from dexcool to regular coolant, i would wait til you rebuild your motor and actually tear into the gaskets and then while you have the engine apart flush your coolant and replace all of your gaskets at the same time while switching to new coolant.

everyone told me that i could just get a full coolent flush and switch to the green

cherrington17 · 04-25-2009, 05:53 PM

hes saying to wait till you have to flush for a different reason.... rather then simply to change coolant types....

[ion] C2 · 04-25-2009, 06:59 PM

Those guys only hate dex cool because of GM's shitty V6 gaskets that have given Dex a bad name.

I love Dex-Cool. Been in the car since the beginning. No issues with overheating or high temps whatsoever. It's always in the region it should be.

worknprog.99 · 04-25-2009, 08:14 PM

hmmmm. i wish i could say the same. they claim its why it gets so hot.

im going with an hks bov for the turbo anyone else have one?

meadus101 · 04-25-2009, 08:19 PM

Buddy of mine has an Apex on his MR2. Works great.

Nate's Alero · 04-25-2009, 10:44 PM

where does the car run for heat? like on the gauge?

worknprog.99 · 04-25-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

where does the car run for heat? like on the gauge?

well i let the car idle it heats up real fast to about 3/4 hot the fans never kick on.(however they work with the air conditioner)... then as i drive it goes down a little but the car is almost constantly inbetween half and 3/4.... and after short drives the motor will be extremely hot just from an across town drive... i have had the coolent flushed about 6 months ago and since then had the LIMG replaced and the water pump. it was recently preasure tested and no leaks... maybe a clog? the coolent?
and why dont the fans come on auto matically? very frustrating lol

posibbly bad pcm? if so it will be changed when tuning time comes around either way.

Nate's Alero · 04-25-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by worknprog.99

well i let the car idle it heats up real fast to about 3/4 hot the fans never kick on.(however they work with the air conditioner)... then as i drive it goes down a little but the car is almost constantly inbetween half and 3/4.... and after short drives the motor will be extremely hot just from an across town drive... i have had the coolent flushed about 6 months ago and since then had the LIMG replaced and the water pump. it was recently preasure tested and no leaks... maybe a clog? the coolent?
and why dont the fans come on auto matically? very frustrating lol

posibbly bad pcm? if so it will be changed when tuning time comes around either way.

jeez, dying water pump?

[ion] C2 · 04-25-2009, 11:33 PM

the fan on temp is 223 F

Nate's Alero · 04-25-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by [ion] C2

the fan on temp is 223 F

WHAT? HOLYSHIT!!! where on the gauge is that?

[ion] C2 · 04-25-2009, 11:42 PM

We have 2.4L Twin Cams also. Who knows if your tune is set differently.

worknprog.99 · 04-26-2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

jeez, dying water pump?

brand new water pump.... i have absolutely no idea why it does this. im beginning to wonder if the gauge just misreads. so the fans dont come on cause it never actually gets that hot. thats why i think maybe confused pcm. my gas gauge doesnt work either . it picks how much gas it wants to read lol

but yeah its getting frustrating especially since thats the only thing wrong with it at the moment and the turbo setup is on the way so i want it fixed!!!

04-26-2009, 01:04 AM

buy a coolant temp gauge and see if your stock gauge doesn't work

worknprog.99 · 04-26-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Caboose73

buy a coolant temp gauge and see if your stock gauge doesn't work

i think its going to come to that unfortunatly. how much would one cost?

04-26-2009, 01:13 AM

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/blue-...ure-gauge.aspx

I got mine for $50

worknprog.99 · 04-26-2009, 01:16 AM

does the electronic sender go where the stock coolent sensor is?