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Location: Sydney
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Re: Overheating on freeway
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Mon, 28 February 2005 22:38

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overheating at high speed/continuous mid level RPM indicates:
- blocked radiator
- busted/dodgy water pump, or water pump belt not tight enough
- some other restriction in water flow
Thus i recommend the following.....
Get a nice twin-core radiator from an AE71 at your local self serve wreckers. These are waaay bigger than the KE70 ones and have awesome cooling (works beautifully on my turbo 4age). Take it to a radiator shop and ask to have it flow checked and cleaned out if necessary (max $100).
Get a new water pump, its worth doing anyway if yours is old. Repco should have generic replacements at no more than $60
Install the above two, and check fan belt tension.
Hopefully this has solved your problem, otherwise you have a busted/cracked head or blown head gasket. In which case its time for a new engine/reco/4age.
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Overheating on freeway
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valandor | Mon, 28 February 2005 07:26 |
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styler | Mon, 28 February 2005 07:27 |
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valandor | Mon, 28 February 2005 07:36 |
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coFF33 | Mon, 28 February 2005 09:23 |
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EVOSTi | Mon, 28 February 2005 10:00 |
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GOT_M.I.L.F. | Mon, 28 February 2005 11:40 |
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feral4mr2 | Mon, 28 February 2005 11:59 |
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allencr | Mon, 28 February 2005 14:29 |
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river | Mon, 28 February 2005 21:06 |
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THE WITZL | Mon, 28 February 2005 22:38 |
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4a-c | Tue, 01 March 2005 00:52 |
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coFF33 | Tue, 01 March 2005 03:07 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 01 March 2005 04:04 |
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feral4mr2 | Tue, 01 March 2005 07:35 |
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coFF33 | Tue, 01 March 2005 04:16 |
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coFF33 | Tue, 01 March 2005 07:54 |
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greenta22 | Tue, 01 March 2005 09:02 |
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coFF33 | Wed, 02 March 2005 00:20 |
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rick_o | Wed, 02 March 2005 02:54 |
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feral4mr2 | Wed, 02 March 2005 03:08 |
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Bugman | Wed, 02 March 2005 03:13 |
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EVOSTi | Wed, 02 March 2005 05:53 |
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valandor | Wed, 02 March 2005 07:38 |
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allencr | Wed, 02 March 2005 15:49 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 07:26 |
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EVOSTi | Sun, 13 March 2005 07:35 |
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Mr DOHC | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:16 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:36 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:29 |
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Bozza | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:41 |
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people100 | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:46 |
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Bozza | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:53 |
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people100 | Sun, 13 March 2005 09:16 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 09:56 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 08:59 |
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Bozza | Sun, 13 March 2005 09:07 |
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coFF33 | Sun, 13 March 2005 09:15 |
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Bozza | Sun, 13 March 2005 09:21 |
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Bozza | Sun, 13 March 2005 10:24 |
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coFF33 | Tue, 15 March 2005 08:16 |
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