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[fiestajim23]

Just gettin my fester back on the road seemed to get really hot the other nite nearly in the red put a new thermostat in bin tickin over for nearly 3 quarters of an hour gone up to the n is this ok cheers jim

[willowandmikey]

Cvh or ohv ? I found the cvh does run a little hot , is the fan kicking in ? And it has been very warm across the uk lately

[fiestajim23]

1.6 turb Cvh yeah fan clicks in also had an extra switch put on it

[Simon84uk]

Fairly normal, most get that high. If you're worried fit an aftermarket one which shows actual temperature.

Bonnet down with a watercooled turbo and the narrower rad, a temp up at "n" is pretty normal. Especially in the hot weather as the fan is drawing in 30 degree heat which won't cool as well as 10 deg like in spring/autumn.

Things you can do to make it lower are:

- Fit lower temp opening thermostat which allows flow to rad earlier so you get longer before the whole coolant reaches peak heat
- Fit a more powerful fan, one which shifts more cfm of air. Arguments can be made that you want the air in there longer to allow more heat transfer but up to you to make your mind up on that.
- Fit heat wrap round downpipe
- Fit a heat shield between turbo and rad
- Fit heat resistant gaskets (Ferriday do some) between head and exhaust manifold to stop some of the heat transfer

But to be honest, in the current heat I would say this is "normal".


Cheers,
Si

[fiestajim23]

Thanx mate justa bit nervy bin out of the rs scene for a while. Bought this fiesta turbo spent a bit on it and don't want to do any damage lol