"Nonster" (noahnic)
01/26/2015 at 13:30 • Filed to: None
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"Nonster" (noahnic)
01/26/2015 at 13:30 • Filed to: None | 6
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FINALLY!!! I fixed the overheating problem on my MR2!!! I've been grappling with this problem since I swapped in the 20v Blacktop 4AGE a year ago. The culprit? The radiator was to blame! Put in a new one and she is fixed!
I got up early Sunday morning to take it for a long test drive even though I was freezing my ass off (heater core bypassed, it's worse off than the old radiator). At a balmy 32 degrees it wasn't exactly the most trying conditions for a cooling system test, but before I could only drive it for about 30 minutes before it would overheat even in the cold. After a solid hour and a half of driving including around town, interstate cruising, hilly backroads, and some solid 0-80 mph on-ramp pulls the temp needle didn't budge a millimeter from the proper operating temp.
Then mother nature dumps snow everywhere and I don't have a good set of winter tires for the MR2... so I'm driving the truck today (-_-)
Sometimes I question why I left Florida
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> Nonster
01/26/2015 at 13:38 |
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Ain't that a sonofabitch. Glad you got it fixed though. If you're anywhere in the northeast snowpocalyose area, you're probably better off in the truck. Ground clearance.
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Nonster
> Nonster
01/26/2015 at 13:46 |
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uh oh, I think the pic got kinja'd
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Nonster
01/26/2015 at 13:58 |
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That sucks, but great that you got it fixed! Was it just corrosion clogging the fins?
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Nonster
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
01/26/2015 at 14:00 |
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I'm pretty sure, I'm going to perform an autopsy...with a sawzall