Sammichael20199
New Member
Hi, so I brought an RCZ 2011 1.6v THP200 with blown head gasket and doesn't run. Replaced the piston rings, big end bearings, head gasket and thermostat housing as it had no compression. The car is now starting fine and humming away, however...
The coolant system just does not seem right. The car takes absolutely ages to get up to temperature, like 30-45 mins on idle not sure if this is normal, and does not get up to full temperature, it gets up to like a millimetre away from 90 and sticks there. No fans come on when it is at optimal temperature or anything.
So I wired in the old temperature sensor and had it sitting in boiling hot kettle and the temperature was the same, just under 90. I don't trust that this car is registering the temperature sensor data correctly.
The thermostat housing and coolant temperature sensor btw is for of a Mini N13 engine, which I believe is the same and had to modify it a tiny bit to get it to fit, could that be the issue?
Any other suggestions would be much appreciated, have been working on this car for over 3 months now and driving me mad.
The coolant system just does not seem right. The car takes absolutely ages to get up to temperature, like 30-45 mins on idle not sure if this is normal, and does not get up to full temperature, it gets up to like a millimetre away from 90 and sticks there. No fans come on when it is at optimal temperature or anything.
So I wired in the old temperature sensor and had it sitting in boiling hot kettle and the temperature was the same, just under 90. I don't trust that this car is registering the temperature sensor data correctly.
The thermostat housing and coolant temperature sensor btw is for of a Mini N13 engine, which I believe is the same and had to modify it a tiny bit to get it to fit, could that be the issue?
Any other suggestions would be much appreciated, have been working on this car for over 3 months now and driving me mad.
