'81 RX-7 over-heating while idling
#1
Can Post Only in New Member Section
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NC
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
'81 RX-7 over-heating while idling
I don't know where to start looking. My '81 RX-7 over-heats when I'm in line at a drive-thought or just idling. My coolant is new and my K&N air filter is newly cleaned and oiled. The temp gauge starts to drop as soon as I get going again. Where do I look next or is this normal? Thanks!!
#2
rotary!!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 145
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Different things can be wrong but has nothing to do with your airfilter. Looks like your fan is not working and only the ride wind cools the engine, it should spin while the car is at idle. I also would check if your car has no airpockets in the hoses and bleed them because you changed the coolant. I also would check the thermostat, maybe it doesn't open all the way anymore.
Be carefull NOT to overheat your rotary because they really do not like that with more fatal damage possible!
Succes
Be carefull NOT to overheat your rotary because they really do not like that with more fatal damage possible!
Succes
Trending Topics
#9
Lives on the Forum
Suggesting that the thermostat is bad makes absolutely no sense. If it were the thermostat failing to open, then driving the car wouldn't cool it off either.
The fan pulls air through the radiator. The car moving forward, will accomplish the same thing. If he only overheats at idle (not moving), then he has a fan problem. Not a thermostat problem.
Not trying to be a jerk, but we don't want this guy wasting his time fixing things that aren't broke either.
The fan pulls air through the radiator. The car moving forward, will accomplish the same thing. If he only overheats at idle (not moving), then he has a fan problem. Not a thermostat problem.
Not trying to be a jerk, but we don't want this guy wasting his time fixing things that aren't broke either.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ZaqAtaq
New Member RX-7 Technical
2
09-05-15 08:57 PM