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**HOT** Feroza

Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:25

**BIG*KEV**

Hi guys, just came across your site this morning, im stuck at home whilst my radiator is being cored/cleaned out. I dont know what happened, but my car had been going tops for ages,except for getting hot when driving out at stockton beach. (i got her in march 04, shes a 1994 CxI feroza narrow track) then before i went to Thredbo for a few days in july, i flushed out the coolant and replaced. We couldnt really tell what colour the original stuff was, so in went some standard green stuff... I thiink thats where the problem started. nothing happened whilst we were away but just recently, it would occasionally get warm/hot, generally with the right foot planted going up hills. so i drained it about three weeks ago, ran a Loctite cleaner through it, flushed about s billion times (took me forty minutes before i was satisfied, then i went for a 50/50 mix of Nulon RED coolant and water. Still didnt do the trick, and with the two forty degree days we just had here, i bit the bullet, pulled it out and sent it off. when i got it out last night, i grabbed the hose and stuck it in the filler neck, and covered the top tank inlet, and the outlet for the oil cooler, and the flow coming out the bottom tank (outlet to engine) was dismal, so i stuck the hose in there, and tried to get water coming out the filler neck. There was no way it was happening, the water was just backing out over the hose, so hopefully the bottom tank is just full of crap. Has anyone else had a simmilar problem with a feroza / rocky? any ideas. next thing to check is the Viscous Coupling Fan. (might replace with a thermofan).
Cheers
Big Kev!
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AnswerID: 86956   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:39

Truckster (Vic) replied:

If water isnt getting thru you have found your problem.....

Also mixing coolant isnt a good idea.. Get the radiator fixed, and then get the COMPLETE system power/pressure flushed at a good radiator place. its worth it.
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AnswerID: 87005   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 16:16

Member - Jeff M (WA) replied:

Yeah I had the EXACT little frozy you've got, what a beast it was. Same year and model mine was, and I had the same problem with it.

I did what truckster recommend. Took it to a radiator specialist, the high pressure clean the block and recon the radiator, even get the top and bottom tanks replaced if you can afford it. Used Toyota LLC (long life coolan, after all the daihatsu is a toyota in disguse). Get them to redo your clutch viscous fan silicon too. You'll be hopping over dunes again in no time!

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AnswerID: 87028   Submitted: Thursday, Dec 02, 2004 at 18:46

Member - Geoff & Karen replied:

So tell us BIG KEV.............are you "excited" about your radiator being cleaned out?
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AnswerID: 87200   Submitted: Friday, Dec 03, 2004 at 18:17

madlee replied:

I would suggest replacing the thermostat while you are at it.They can stick party open so under light driving the temp will read ok,under load the temp will go up because it doesn' allow enough water flow.As for the fan do not put an electric fan on because they can't pull enough air through.If the fan hub is working you should be able to hear it for at least 5 seconds on a cold start up then it will go quite(free spin) until the air passing though the radiator is hot enough,you then should hear the fan cycle in and out.
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