Just Bought My Noble Yesterday!!!

[les5709]

Hi guys, I new to this forum. Picked up my noble M12 GTO yesterday.

Drove it from bottom of england back to northern ireland!! What a motor!

I have one quick question though for people with more noble experience than me please. The car ran perfectly fine on the motorway. We did hit some traffic though, and when it got bumper to bumper/stopping, the temperature rose to about 100. Any other time it sits around 90 and it returned back up to this when we got up to speed again.

Firstly, is this normal, and can it do any harm going over the 100 mark?

Secondly, i know the GTO 3R has upgraded fans etc. Is it possible to add these to the GTO to help with heat issues.

Many Thanks
Steve

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les5709 said:

Hi guys, I new to this forum. Picked up my noble M12 GTO yesterday.

Drove it from bottom of england back to northern ireland!! What a motor!

I have one quick question though for people with more noble experience than me please. The car ran perfectly fine on the motorway. We did hit some traffic though, and when it got bumper to bumper/stopping, the temperature rose to about 100. Any other time it sits around 90 and it returned back up to this when we got up to speed again.

Firstly, is this normal, and can it do any harm going over the 100 mark?

Secondly, i know the GTO 3R has upgraded fans etc. Is it possible to add these to the GTO to help with heat issues.

Many Thanks
Steve

Hi Steve, congrats on buying a Noble. First off, which temperature are you refering to - water or oil?

[les5709]

Its the far left gauge as you look at the dash, Water I am pretty sure.

Sorry for the lack of info.

Edited by les5709 on Thursday 30th July 12:00

[fhwong]

lucky you!

Where did you get it from? I am still searching for one ... :-(

[les5709]

fhwong said:

lucky you!

Where did you get it from? I am still searching for one ... :-(

I got it from Newquay in England. Was some drive back!

[sjc]

If you've got a goodie, welcome to the best driving experience you're likely to have. Congrats!

[The Snail]

When we gonna have a Noble meet in Ireland?

[Gadgeroonie]

welcome to the forum

yes you can upgrade the fans - the temp on the gto was controlled by a fan switch i think

[mr2turbo300]

Hi and welcome,
The fan side of things was not specific to the 3R, probably best have a look at this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Cheers,
Rob.

Edited by mr2turbo300 on Thursday 30th July 20:18

[NickyTwoHats]

Welcome! I think I may know the previous owner...if it's the car I think it's been very well looked after.

[worty]

Welcome

If its a 2.5 as seems then the upgrade was a cowl which lifts the fans away from the radiator by an inch or two. If the fans sit directly on the radiator then you don't hae the upgrade

HTH

worty

[les5709]

The Snail said:

When we gonna have a Noble meet in Ireland?

How Many of us are there? cant see it being an overly big meet lol

[les5709]

Thanks Very much all for the help/suggestions and checks. I will get a look under the car when i get home.

[northnoble]

what you describe is absolutely normal for a 2.5 !!

[les5709]

northnoble said:

what you describe is absolutely normal for a 2.5 !!

Hi thanks for the response.

I did look and found that the fans are stuck right against the rad.

So you say its absolutely normal for a 2.5? So will it be ok when it is stuck in bumper to bumper traffic or should i try to aviod going near bumper to bumper traffic?

Moreless i am saying, yes its normal, but will it do damage?

Thanks
Steve

[peterguk M500]

northnoble said:

what you describe is absolutely normal for a 2.5 !!

Yep, my 2.5 regularly sat around 100 degrees. Never overheated.