1700 X-flow water temperature.

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Our 1700 X-flow seems to run at about 60-C increases slightly in traffic. I presume this is to low any ideas what the correct running temperature should be?

Would it be worth replacing the sender unit and thermostat.

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Aeroscreens said:

My old x/flow used to run around 80 and climbing to 90 in traffic. If thermostat is stuck then wouldn't you expect to see temps too high? Pretty sure I used to run with a 74 deg thermostat. No harm in changing the sender as a starting point.

Thanks for the confirmation, 80-90 is where I would expect the temp to be. I wondered if the thermostat was stuck open would it run cold, but thinking it through it's more likely it would just be slow to warm up. I will watch the gauge more closely during warm up to see if there is any sign of the stat opening.

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Does anyone know where I can obtain the correct sender unit for the Ford Crossflow engine?

Caterham don't currently list it on their site.

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Thanks for the tip about Redline Charles.

Chris, part number is very useful and has the correct fitting on the end, how do you know this level of detail? Looking at your website our cars were produced quite close to each other.

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Thanks Chris,

One last question, do you know what Ford cars used the 1700 x/flow engine?

I have a Ford idea;ership close by, but they are confused by the terms Caterham and 1700 x/flow

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Thanks everyone, I have learnt a lot.