| Re: Overheated at the drive through Zoo |
Subject: Re: Overheated at the drive through Zoo by Moe_Vette on 2009/7/27 12:29:40 Girls ... girls ... girls - lets all play nice ! Gosh I leave you all alone for a weekend and it's a slumber party gone mad by the time I am back !! Guys thanks again so much for your great insights - also BillH and jhammons01 - thanks for the great images and laughs - not that I think it will matter to you lot but I think you are all right. Indeed the car has low miles but she was not looked after (shipped in to UK from Japan) sun damage to interior (light grey on light grey) has turned a lot of the plastics brittle - and she was used as a dogs limousine - they dog hair I have vacuumed out of the back was hideous. Have all the replacement trim ready to go in and plan to get a new carpet too. The electronics was a similar story (the ECM looked like it had touched the sun - one of the 4 plugs melted into the socket) all was replaced. I got her going (and trouble shot/resolved many sub-issues)- keep feelin my list is getting shorter - and it slowly is. Only really my overheating and high idle left. I believe I have resolved the random speed display at stand-still (when I am stopped the digital display shows random speeds - 20 to 200 mph - the really crappy thing is it roll's miles on my tachometer when I stop for a train/at lights etc) the shop here has a sensor on order - I printed your notes on this subject for them to read first - they believe they have it cracked - part should be here tomorrow - hope so cause I fly back to Canada on Wednesday) Comparing the Digital Dash coolant temperature to the analog temp gauge also on the dash I watch these like a hawk - they seem to be in sync - kinda tough to read the analog gage though - when running what I believe is HOT the needle is just inside the last section of the gauge (the section which is 20% red indicating the red line) maybe a third of a inch out of the red - the Digital dash at this point shows about 240+ (think 243 is the highest ever seen). But it is here where the analog does not move but the digital dash gage drops down to 140 ish - then 170 - then 130 etc and about 10 second later she stalls out and it is tricky(ish) to restart - continues to stall out if used LOL - I was in the middle of Paris when this was 1st happening - hot day out - stalled maybe 3 times getting to the hotel - to boot I ran out of gas cause I was looking at the temp gauges so much - my girl was not impressed - nor was she when I beat the crap out of two frenchmen later that night (after a lovely diner and wearing a suit) - nor was she still the next day when I opened up the Vette on the french highways to get the ^*&%*# out of France - got her up to 240+ kmh - was only a 2 lane highway so had to ease off (I had my video camera in one hand and the wheel in the other - again she was not impressed !! got some great footage though) Got to the ferries in Calais and the jon-darm (coppers) stepped out in front and waved me over (my girl was like "your gonna get done for speeding" and I said back "no I'm gonna get done for GBH (grievous bodily harm) for those 2 french pricks I hammered last night - so I handed her all the money passports etc - said to get a room in Calais and when I'm out we'll talk about you taking me back - she laughed - first time all weekend. Amazingly enough I did get a speeding ticket but it was for 9 kmh over (and not the 140kmh I was actually doing) good job he did not watch my camera. The priceless moment was I had to sign for my speeding ticked but my right hand was a swollen mess (broke 2 knuckles and the bruising went past my wrist - really was an ugly scrap and there was 2 of em - then just 1 and then funnily enough none at all - the whole time this little dance was occurring my girl was in the bathroom - when she came back I was just finishing - again she was not a happy chappy ! But when I signed for the ticket the copper saw my hand and of course asked what had happened (could not hide it - sign and fight with my right) so I says to him " well I do live in England and you know what the English are like ....." he smiled and said "I do" - good to have a Canadian accent versus English ANYWHERE outside the UK over here - they all see the Brits as the mad dogs of Europe - they are not wrong - they are nuts over here !! The Corvette shop out here in England (2.5 hours drive away) said there were no codes 2 months ago - also the shop working on her now (45 mins away) says there are no codes - I am not sure if this was done through the dash display - believe they both used an external device to establish this Also the limited check of the over-heating (so far) have been a visual inspection for debris etc and he also put his hand on the rad when hot - he said only the centre felt cool - figured the RAD was not working as it should. There is another shop whom will take the RAD out and flush it - I assume also the block (thanks again all for your notes on this - will ensure things are done to your spec) but if a new rad is only a 100$ back home - may consider getting it (plus new hoses etc) and she is 17 years old now. Are there complete sets of hoses sold ? Don't mind tracking them individually though I am so very lucky to have a mint 89 back in Toronto - dreamt about her last night - just put new Goodyears all round ...... its gonna be a good summer (well what's left of it - weather in England is always a bit wet !!!) thanks again all |
