FryzesBT1

Hey the old girl is STILL running hot ive put in a cooler thermo new radiator water system blah blah blah and im still having problems with it running too damn hot... someone has suggested to me that maybe its my thermo swith that is playing up and not so much my thermostat.... has anyone else had problems with a vn like im having at the moment?

Hope everyone has a great new years im stuck at home till i fix this problem

dr.legal

We used to have a lot of problems with the work Vn V8's getting hot. Never saw one blow up because of the heat. I was stationed at Echuca at the time and had to go warp factor to Cobram because of bushfires. It was a 45 degree day and the car was that hot, the aircon cut out and the gauge was sitting on red most of the way.
Is your thermo fan coming on? If not, there's a way to test it. Get a switch and wire. Connect two wires to the on/off switch and connect them to the wires on the thermo switch. Start the car and watch the gauge. Once it starts getting a bit above normal, switch on the fans by using the switch. The temperature should start to drop if your fan is working correctly. I had a VN V6 until recently when some idiot decided to shunt it with the wife inside but I never had a problem with the cooling system. If your thermostat (in the rear of the engine if series 1) is ok and the radiator is the same, it may be a corroded water pump not circulating the coolant properly.

Doc

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VB CAN MAN

hey fryz my vq gets preety warm and i found out that i have a pin hole in the heater lines under the dash, underneath above the auto there is a exit hole and i have been getting a fair amount of water escaping so i got it pressure tested and you could see it goin out,are you using water? if so maybe you should do what i did, just a thought buddy.

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HotWired87

mines getting hot have you taken the bellmouth out if its s2, call after i did the temps rose

FryzesBT1

thx all im getting the water pump fixed very very soon and i done that thing with the fan it seems to be workking fine so hopefully fixing the pump will make it all runi nice n cool

crooza

i dont know what kind of horsepower u got but i have 500 and if i use thermo fans it gets to hot under load but with a 7 blade fan and gilmar belt drive it just stays 180 but i am running a clevo see ya

Craig308

how much did ya pay for that fan and where did you get it from i would like to bye one "nerd"

crooza

its a factory ford fan stainless steel flex big blades 7 blades u would have to modify for a holden