Overheating problem solved finally

nospam@example.com (Billy Newport) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:45:35 -0700

The problem looks to have been air in the coolant system. I double checked all the wiring today from the relay box to the wires and everything checked out. Still overheated. The fans would come on at around 3/4 on the temp and would lower it briefly before it started rising again towards red.

Next, I tried bleeding the coolant system and there must have been a minute and a half of steam come out. I then turned it off and put in 3/4 of a gallon of distilled and then repeated this 3 or 4 times until just water was coming out. The car now runs in the garage perfectly at 1/4 on the temp guage.

So, overall, the car took another 1.5 gallons of water which means there was a massive air bubble in it. I bought more 15W50 to change the oil tomorrow and put a new filter on it, figure the engine has had enough heat in it now to warrant a change. I made a new addition to what I keep handy at the track and it's a 5 gallon tank of distilled water.

New start

nospam@example.com (Billy Newport) — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:35:09 -0700

This is the location of my new blog. My old blog was at http://www.devwebsphere.com/porsche. I have covered my 3 years owning a 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 car. It's been an up and down experience. I basically now have a new car with my car having had its engine and transmission replaced under warranty because of failures.

I started trackpedia also along with my bud, John and I wanted to start consolidating my web presence as related to cars on that web site. My car is still in the shop awaiting the installation of the new engine, I'm picking it up at the weekend.

Porsche 944 sp1 owners guide - Service

Overheating problem solved finally

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