skins Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 On saturday my car broke down. It wasn't a extremely hot day but was a tad warm so I was driving with my a/c on as you do. After a while my car had no power really struggled to accelerate and after a while wouldn't accelerate at all when under load. Turned off the a/c and limped to a mates place. The temperature gauge on the dash ( standard dash cluster ) was reading normal temp. After the car had cooled down i d/c the sender and the guage went to zero then reconnected it and it was reading again. I went to pop the bonnet but it was too hot to touch and the left front guard was too hot to touch also. So waited for it to cool down. After it had cooled down it took 2 litres of water in the radiator number six cylinder wasn't firing. Pulled out the plug and it was gummed up with carbon and wasnt firing. After all that was done started it up and it ran ok. Drove to toowoomba and the temp gauge got to normal but it was really thirsty. Got back to brisbane everything was too hot to touch the radiator was full and it was running fine. I'm thinking that my thermostat isn't opening / working. Any quick thoughts before I 1. Shoot it 2. Trade it in on a Excel 3. Go to the mechanic's and get shafted ? Thanks in advance, Me Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquitocoils Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 It might be a dumb thing to bring up, but are you maybe leaking radiator fluid anywhere that you can see? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revhead Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 On saturday my car broke down. It wasn't a extremely hot day but was a tad warm so I was driving with my a/c on as you do. After a while my car had no power really struggled to accelerate and after a while wouldn't accelerate at all when under load. Turned off the a/c and limped to a mates place. The temperature gauge on the dash ( standard dash cluster ) was reading normal temp. After the car had cooled down i d/c the sender and the guage went to zero then reconnected it and it was reading again. I went to pop the bonnet but it was too hot to touch and the left front guard was too hot to touch also. So waited for it to cool down. After it had cooled down it took 2 litres of water in the radiator number six cylinder wasn't firing. Pulled out the plug and it was gummed up with carbon and wasnt firing. After all that was done started it up and it ran ok. Drove to toowoomba and the temp gauge got to normal but it was really thirsty. Got back to brisbane everything was too hot to touch the radiator was full and it was running fine. I'm thinking that my thermostat isn't opening / working. Any quick thoughts before I 1. Shoot it 2. Trade it in on a Excel 3. Go to the mechanic's and get shafted ? Thanks in advance, Me 4. Take it to Dan @ ERD and get looked after Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isola Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Jason, Check that your water pump hasn't seized. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col-GTSX Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 trade it on an excel... fwd skids ftw... its not really a big problem, just get it fixed... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineLine Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 It definitely sounds like you're losing your cooling fluid somewhere. Your guage will read normal because there is no fluid in the system for it to take a reading from so it simply reads air temp. Get your cooling system checked. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 It definitely sounds like you're losing your cooling fluid somewhere.Your guage will read normal because there is no fluid in the system for it to take a reading from so it simply reads air temp. Get your cooling system checked. Who's a good person to do that ? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4974986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col-GTSX Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 you could use any radiator specialist... I see your at ascot, so pickering street is not to far and there are 3 different radiator mobs there... or you can use someone like ERD or similar... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4975055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 you could use any radiator specialist... I see your at ascot, so pickering street is not to far and there are 3 different radiator mobs there...or you can use someone like ERD or similar... Just google it ? Who's ERD ? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4975061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
33driver Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ERD = Elite Racing Developments down at Yatla, Dan is the 'house sponsor' for SAU QLD club, can't go wrong Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4975102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosquitocoils Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Any mechanic will be able to do it for you if you're pressed for money or time to get it to an import mechanic. Having said that, I use tuff toys at Virginia and they're great. Know their jap cars inside and out Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4975129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col-GTSX Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Or google Enogerra Radiator Service... Their just down the road from you... Dan is good, just quite a distance from you... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/299197-1996-r33-series-ii/#findComment-4975720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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