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Re: thermostat
« Reply #15 on: 30 December 2008, 17:43:22 »
well the temp was fine until it came to the summer and i was hammering it coming off slower roads and stuff, it was fine at 60 when it was getting more air however much abuse it was given
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« Reply #16 on: 30 December 2008, 19:52:51 »
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lol it might be worth you buying the courtenaysport low running thermostat, opens up earlier so it keeps the engine cooler- doesnt really matter till you hammer it alot
Why, there's nothing wrong with the existing cooling system so long as its in good working order.

sorry EP just that from my experience of the 2.0 trying to keep up with the octavia vrs and failing rather badly it got quite hot so needed to be driven hard with the heater on! and the V6's run hotter and apparently were prone to overheating when towing (or hammering in my case)


Towing over the moors in Devon and Cornwall in the summer - NO problems with heat at all
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« Reply #17 on: 30 December 2008, 19:53:40 »
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well the temp was fine until it came to the summer and i was hammering it coming off slower roads and stuff, it was fine at 60 when it was getting more air however much abuse it was given


Did it have aircon - air con V6 three fans, 2.0 two fans
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #18 on: 30 December 2008, 19:56:22 »
Last summer my V6 towed a 1600 Kg 'van all the way to Millau (South of France) and up some 3000 ft mountains without overheating at all, and I tow very regularly in the UK, so to say they can't tow without overheating is b****cks !!
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #19 on: 30 December 2008, 20:04:59 »
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...... so to say they can't tow without overheating is b****cks !!

But as said earlier, the cooling sysytem does need to be right. My car had no apparent overheating problems till I put a caravan on the back, the temp went to the top of the gauge on the first looong uphill it came to. A new rad was fitted after the cleaned & flushed rad sprung a leak as far from home as it could possibly spring a leak!  ;)  :y  :y  :y
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #20 on: 30 December 2008, 22:56:53 »
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well the temp was fine until it came to the summer and i was hammering it coming off slower roads and stuff, it was fine at 60 when it was getting more air however much abuse it was given


Did it have aircon - air con V6 three fans, 2.0 two fans

my 2.0 only had the single fan
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« Reply #21 on: 30 December 2008, 23:01:13 »
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Last summer my V6 towed a 1600 Kg 'van all the way to Millau (South of France) and up some 3000 ft mountains without overheating at all, and I tow very regularly in the UK, so to say they can't tow without overheating is b****cks !!

entwood... i got told it off somebody who's never owned an omega and secondly somebody else that is female
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #22 on: 30 December 2008, 23:06:55 »
The 3.0 runs at 90 degrees alex, about the same or less than the 2.0...and with much more power and torque it pulls the weight easier too...my 2.5 ran at about 92 degrees and and fans cut in at 95...
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #23 on: 30 December 2008, 23:08:33 »
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The 3.0 runs at 90 degrees alex, about the same or less than the 2.0...and with much more power and torque it pulls the weight easier too...my 2.5 ran at about 92 degrees and and fans cut in at 95...
All Omegas shoudl cruise just under mid point on the gauge (so 93/94 on prefacelifts, 88/89 on facelifts), rising to just over midpoint before stage 1 fans kick in
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #24 on: 30 December 2008, 23:09:11 »
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The 3.0 runs at 90 degrees alex, about the same or less than the 2.0...and with much more power and torque it pulls the weight easier too...my 2.5 ran at about 92 degrees and and fans cut in at 95...

i got told that towing they overheat but that was coming from somebody with a 2.5 diesel turbo mercedes that used to get rather hot towing
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #25 on: 30 December 2008, 23:16:27 »
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The 3.0 runs at 90 degrees alex, about the same or less than the 2.0...and with much more power and torque it pulls the weight easier too...my 2.5 ran at about 92 degrees and and fans cut in at 95...

i got told that towing they overheat but that was coming from somebody with a 2.5 diesel turbo mercedes that used to get rather hot towing
Don't believe everything that some uninformed person down the pub says ;)
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #26 on: 30 December 2008, 23:29:47 »
it was my xplod grandad actually :P
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #27 on: 30 December 2008, 23:31:27 »
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it was my xplod grandad actually :P
Omegas do not suffer overheating if the cooling system is working properly
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #28 on: 30 December 2008, 23:35:26 »
Sparky, the thermostat really isn't a hard job to do yourself honestly. With the help from the Forum you will save yourself alot of money  :y
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Re: thermostat
« Reply #29 on: 30 December 2008, 23:37:08 »
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it was my xplod grandad actually :P
Omegas do not suffer overheating if the cooling system is working properly

ok theboy :D
you know all those levels of omega knighthood...
whats the level below administrator with what 20 stars :P
is there one for rear admiral lol!
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