Guest escort_boy Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 i have a mk2 escort and find it heats up really quickly in traffic and was wondering wat wys are there for maybe putting in a electric fan or some other form of cooling down any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 what condition is the radiator in? i know on jerms one, he has lost most of the little metal fins in between the bars, so that heats up fast as well. new fans help, and if you feeling rangi just drive with the heater on and the windows open, cos the heater draws the hot air from the engine bay, so having it on cools it down heaps (try it - when your driving, chuck it on full hot and you can see the temp gauge move) or a bigger radiator, liek something outta a falcon (not sure what fits in eskies - ask around), or getting the old one re-cored or whatever they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 haha mine is in heaps better condition than jerms haha i od have the heater on wen it heats up u try and sit in peak hour traffic at 17degrees with a heater haha i mite ask bout anotehr radiator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 oi fuck up i put a new radiator in mine yesterday.......its all g now.... yeah the heater somehow draws heat from inside the engine block, i know this cause when refilling mine with water i had to m ake sure the heater was set on hot so that there wouldn't be an air pocket in the block near the heater...... apparently cos the fan is controlled by revs you can try revving your car a little which cools it to....... but i think i looked at your radiator escort boy and it looked pretty good.... and i don't know if you could fit a bigger one in an eskie that easily.... maybe you should try flushing your whole cooling sytem with kerosene.. thats what the dude at the wreckers said to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 wat drain all the liwuid out of the radiater and then put kerosene in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 or engine flush, dont run it for longer then 5 minutes tho, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 yeha i was told to take the bottem pipe off and pura bottle of kero down it and run it for a bit.... then put water through it u ntill it comes out all clean..... you have to take the housing off the thermostat and take the thermostat out to do it tho.....cause with the car being cold it won'it let the water through the engine block.. i can show you how to do it if you want... youve got the haines manual though don't you? it shows you how to do it in that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 i got the haynes manual they are fukin brilliant i say !! i mite do that after exams and i gotta do a oil change to.. anybody got a oil pan?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 hhah i did mine oil pan? what a pussy me and my dad just got an oil bottle lie it on the side and cut the side out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 i didnt think of that.. i was thinkin about all the rite stuff to use but yea thats a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 yeah jou just cut the side out... then when you pour it into a container to dispose of... you just undo the cap and pour it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 yeah, then you pour it back into the old oil container thats still whole and then you can just dispose of that somewhere. i always do those styles, dad has this huge stash of old oil containers full of old shitty oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerm Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 yeah so does my dad... its fucking ghetto....... you just take it to like a bp some of them have liek an oil disposing thing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 take it to the dump... but tehn u have to pay.. take it to a pertrol station its free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bevans2l Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 theres nothing wrong with an auto escort they have heaps bigger tunnels and you can put 5speeds into them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest escort_boy Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 i just put an electric fan in my car to fix my heating problems and it works a treat, wasnt to expewnsive either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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