Preventative hot weather maintenance.
10-31-13, 08:19 PM
#1
10-8-10-8
Thread Starter
Preventative hot weather maintenance.
Please tell me I am not crazy.
Our summer months are approaching here in Australia and it can get hot, upwards of 40C-44C during the day, and 38C at night. Which for an FD is not a good thing. My car does not overheat or use any coolant.
I have noticed some of the smaller diameter hoses like throttlebody, AST, etc are a bit swollen and old/dry looking. The one behind the alternator failed recently. So I am thinking to do some hose and part replacements as preventative therapy for the car, to avoid any nasty summer problems.
My plan goes like this:
*Replace Radiator hoses with new stock hoses.
*Replace small AST hoses with new stock hoses.
*Replace all small throttlebody hoses with new stock hoses.
(Already replaced water hose behind alternator with new hose...)
(Already replaced factory coolant temp sensor....)
*Replace factory AST with Banzai alloy tank.
*Replace all factory check valves with Dale's Viton check valves.
*Replace ait intake sensor with fast acting Triumph air intake temp sensor.
*Replace UIM to LIM gasket with factory steel gasket while UIM is off.
*Replace spark plug wires with new factory spark plug wires when UIM is off.
I have just done a $300.00-ish order of all the parts listed above and waiting for them to arrive before I begin the preventative maintenance work.
Thoughts? Anything crucial I've overlooked? My car runs like clockwork right now. I'd like to keep it that way.
Thanks guys.
Our summer months are approaching here in Australia and it can get hot, upwards of 40C-44C during the day, and 38C at night. Which for an FD is not a good thing. My car does not overheat or use any coolant.
I have noticed some of the smaller diameter hoses like throttlebody, AST, etc are a bit swollen and old/dry looking. The one behind the alternator failed recently. So I am thinking to do some hose and part replacements as preventative therapy for the car, to avoid any nasty summer problems.
My plan goes like this:
*Replace Radiator hoses with new stock hoses.
*Replace small AST hoses with new stock hoses.
*Replace all small throttlebody hoses with new stock hoses.
(Already replaced water hose behind alternator with new hose...)
(Already replaced factory coolant temp sensor....)
*Replace factory AST with Banzai alloy tank.
*Replace all factory check valves with Dale's Viton check valves.
*Replace ait intake sensor with fast acting Triumph air intake temp sensor.
*Replace UIM to LIM gasket with factory steel gasket while UIM is off.
*Replace spark plug wires with new factory spark plug wires when UIM is off.
I have just done a $300.00-ish order of all the parts listed above and waiting for them to arrive before I begin the preventative maintenance work.
Thoughts? Anything crucial I've overlooked? My car runs like clockwork right now. I'd like to keep it that way.
Thanks guys.
11-01-13, 05:10 AM
#2
*Flush the system with fresh coolant, and run as much distilled water to coolant as you can safely get away.
*Use upholstery foam and plug up all the little gaps around your radiator
*Replace the OEM fan thermoswitch with one from an S5. Lowers threshold temperature for the fans from 108 C. to ~95 C.
*Dual oil coolers are good if you don't already have them.
*Consider a simple WI system.
*Use upholstery foam and plug up all the little gaps around your radiator
*Replace the OEM fan thermoswitch with one from an S5. Lowers threshold temperature for the fans from 108 C. to ~95 C.
*Dual oil coolers are good if you don't already have them.
*Consider a simple WI system.
11-01-13, 08:32 AM
#3
10-8-10-8
Thread Starter
Well I've done my 6 monthly flush a few weeks back. I run a lot of distilled water combined with a small amount of longlife red inhibitor and a bottle of water wetter.
Also have a magnesium anode immersed in the coolant, grounded in the block, to take the electrolytic corrosion factor away. (PWR Performance recommended this, and its working very well)
That FC thermoswitch, I would like to do. I dont like having to pull the alternator out for it though... I guess I'll have to tackle it one day..
Also have a magnesium anode immersed in the coolant, grounded in the block, to take the electrolytic corrosion factor away. (PWR Performance recommended this, and its working very well)
That FC thermoswitch, I would like to do. I dont like having to pull the alternator out for it though... I guess I'll have to tackle it one day..
11-01-13, 03:49 PM
#4
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make sure your oil coolers have had a good flush and are working good, also I run e10 95 from united I my be nuts but I am sure it drops my running temps by at lest 10c idk anyway you might need to tune your car for it, the 99 jdm ecu has no issue with it cant say for the older ones
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