losing heat on highways
- mycarhatesme
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losing heat on highways
car warms up fine
after i reach 100km/h my car has been losing some heat...any one have any ideas?
i got a new water pump/thermostat/timing belt done a couple months ago.
after i reach 100km/h my car has been losing some heat...any one have any ideas?
i got a new water pump/thermostat/timing belt done a couple months ago.
My names Dave, and Mazda has direct access to my bank account...sighs...
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i tried it on both settings...same results...
it slowly lost heat, so i dropped it to 4th gear, doing 90 km/h, then it re-gained heat to normal running temp, so i went back into 5th and it was fine again...this has happend a few times to me.
the car started up fine today and ran fine, but theres obviously something going on here.
it slowly lost heat, so i dropped it to 4th gear, doing 90 km/h, then it re-gained heat to normal running temp, so i went back into 5th and it was fine again...this has happend a few times to me.
the car started up fine today and ran fine, but theres obviously something going on here.
My names Dave, and Mazda has direct access to my bank account...sighs...
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What is THAT? How would it be fail safe? Nothing lasts forever. The only way it could be fail safe is if there was a back up or something? Correct? I mean if the thermo sticks, then it fails. Open or closed is bad news. Please explain this "fail safe" thermo.93_mx3_gs wrote:I would recomend purchasing what is called a 'Fail Safe' thermostat.
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Yep, plug and play
Mechanics might say you're suppose to or you should but you really don't. Just make sure whatever you lose you put back in, if any. If you're afraid of air pockets let the car run a few minutes with the rad cap off afterward. You should fill when the car is running anyways so there ya go, what timing!
Mechanics might say you're suppose to or you should but you really don't. Just make sure whatever you lose you put back in, if any. If you're afraid of air pockets let the car run a few minutes with the rad cap off afterward. You should fill when the car is running anyways so there ya go, what timing!
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Not really because of it's size, it will still offer enough restriction. I just jammed mine open ( 14.99 out the door. ) stuffed it in my car and drove down the freeway on my way to pic up my camera. Anyways, It started blizzarding about 20 miles from home so I cranked up he heat and defrost, No problems.azazel95 wrote:Well I understand that but what I'm saying is the thermo is still failing right? If its stuck open sure, coolant will continue to flow and keep the engine from overheating, but it would still cause heating problems for the air.
They call them fail safes for a reason. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it won't work. So when you say it's still failing, No it's doing exactly as it's supposed to be doing and not failing.
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Actually it is still failing, they design it to stick in the open position in the event that it does FAIL. if it were actually a "fail-safe" thermostat they wouldn't need to design it to lock open because the regulating device would never fail. it's better to stick open than stick shut though. personally i've had better luck with standard thermostats than "fail-safe" ones.They call them fail safes for a reason. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it won't work. So when you say it's still failing, No it's doing exactly as it's supposed to be doing and not failing.
anyways, back to the topic, does your temp guage go down when you are in 5th and go up when in 4th?
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- mycarhatesme
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my car warms up alright. takes about 5 minutes or so.
anyways...i got on the highway, and ya, when i hit 5th gear, i noticed i was losing heat...meaning my temp guage was dropping to the warm up lines....so i dropped it into 4th doing 90km or 100km or so...and it shot back up...im not sure what to make of this...never seen it before on any car.
anyways...i got on the highway, and ya, when i hit 5th gear, i noticed i was losing heat...meaning my temp guage was dropping to the warm up lines....so i dropped it into 4th doing 90km or 100km or so...and it shot back up...im not sure what to make of this...never seen it before on any car.
My names Dave, and Mazda has direct access to my bank account...sighs...