Otter Problems?

[Count Duckula]

I am having some problems with my cooling system and can someone please help, I have had the leven cooler running kit fitted, and it is fan are cutting in earlier ( as expected ) at around 80 degrees running for approx 30 secs and stopping, the temp goes up to 83 degrees fans start for 30 ish second and stops temp goes to 85 degrees fans start and after 30 ish seconds stop again, this carries on happening till I turn the car off at 95 degrees. I have phoned leven and they have been great and sent a new otter which I fitted, and told me how to bleed system by removing the blue cap from header tank and running engine till you do not get any bubbles, I have done this about 5 times and have to replace the cap when temp gets to about 70 degrees and coolant starts over flowing the top of the header tank.

any ideas

Please any help gladly taken as I as scared of getting court in traffic.

Malc

[Count Duckula]

GreenV8S said: What temperature did it use to settle at before you added the cool running kit?

it would stick at a max of 90 and seem quite happy.

Don't you have a brass bleed screw on top of the swirl tank?

there is a brass screw on the swirl tank and a blue pressure cap on the header/expansion tank I have been leaving this cap on when bleding system.

Finally, if you find water overflows when you run the engine with the cap off as the engine warms up, you will find that picking the revs up helps with this. Once the air has been purged, it should run happily with the pressure cap off.

This is intresting I will run it tonight and report back tomorrow.

Thanks all

Malc



>> Edited by Count Duckula on Wednesday 21st May 13:56

[Count Duckula]

Thanks for all your suggestions
I bled the system again last night and let all the bubble come out of the header tank, and let the engine run at 1500 rpm and it now sits at about 83 degrees.



Thanks also to Simon at leven for his help.



Malc