Leven cooling kit in winter?

[danhutton]

Would anyone recommend fitting their thermostat in winter or will make it run too cold?

[grand-one]

Hi Dan, my Chimaera has the kit fitted and i have noticed a drop in the temperature. Great in summer but a pain in winter as any distance in fifth means the engine is cooled so much that there is little heat going into the cockpit. Might experiment with restricting the size of the radiator exposed. Or wait for some warmer days.

[rat]

Warms up same as it would without the kit, up to whatever the lower setting of the thermostat is (64?). Then doesn't rise much above 70 on cold days unless you're stuck in traffic. Warm enough for the heater to work fine in mine though.

Probably not ideal and hurts fuel economy (economy seems like the wrong word!) but too much of a pain to take out for the little winter use mine gets.

[count duckula]

I have kit fitted and my MPG has gone down about 1mpg since the summer so not a problem , it sits at 70 normally unless you get stuck in traffic.

Malc

[UIL9794]

Hi Dan

Second what the 'count' say's mine sits at about 70ish still warm in the cabin. Most of my journey is traffic for first 4 miles then cruuuuuuusie for 8 mile says the same the whole journey!.

Say hi to my poorly car in Horizon today.

Cheers
Lee

[danhutton]

UIL9794 said:

Hi Dan Second what the 'count' say's mine sits at about 70ish still warm in the cabin. Most of my journey is traffic for first 4 miles then cruuuuuuusie for 8 mile says the same the whole journey!. Say hi to my poorly car in Horizon today. Cheers Have done! She looked a little bit upset! Mike was pricing yours up so I left it to him! Lee

[UIL9794]

Hi Dan,

Yeah it looks a bit sad (and expensive) doesn't it. Went in for a service and for Mike to try and solve the poor starting problem/flooding all the time.

Turned out to be 4 'dribbling' injecters and 4 that are leaking very badly. Also having an upper front wishbone, recon of the steering rack, recore of radiator, master clutch seal kit, wheel aglinement, suspension set-up, fuel filter,fuel pump.

Should be as good as new soon - and returned to full power. Between the injectors,clogged fuel filter, and under-pressure fuel pump the powers been a little down. I could only just keep up with my wife's Mitsubi FTO!!!!!

See you around

Lee