1700 xflow running temp

**74mex** · 07-06-2004, 21:06

when my mex is driving temp gauge is fine but if stood standing for 5 mins gets closer to red is there anything that can be done or is this safe and normal engine seems to get very hot was thinking about getting a mesh fitted over engine instead of buying a bbq can any one advise please thanks

**dangerousdave** · 07-06-2004, 21:28

My 1600 sits at half unless i find traffic and then sticks up at 3/4 or just below red and then when i turn it off it spits the contents of the rad water out

Happened 3 times today so i put in me leccy fan

**74mex** · 07-06-2004, 22:57

hi
mine was just below red didnt dare let it go any higher so drove around what do you mean by spiting water out and is it easy to fit a lecy fan i have one does this make things a lot better
cheers jimmy

**Paul_G** · 07-06-2004, 23:48

One of my old mk2 escorts used to do the same. It was my only car at the time and was great fun (not) in the winter when I parked up somewhere to see the shock on the faces of pedestrians when all that steam blasted out form underneath as I walked into the paper shop etc.
I did this for a month or two then one day the head gasket went.

**dangerousdave** · 08-06-2004, 12:39

All the water was coming out the excess drain tube thing next to the cap

My fan seems to keep it at a constant temp if put on when it gets hot, so today as is boiling again i think ill stick it on when the car gets up to temp

Oh and its a piece of piss to fit, just make up mounts, even if its cable ties! and then wire a switched positive (switch in car) and negative to earth (mines on one of the rad bolts)

HTH's

**Dalek** · 08-06-2004, 12:58

My old Mk1 used to do the very same thing... i "fixed it" buy running the overflow to a non expansion type of tank as fitted to mk4.5 cortinas. Gravity done the rest

Cured mine

PS i was running a silly spec x-flow

**mk2escortmadman** · 08-06-2004, 13:07

In my x-flow mkII i have an old fiesta fan and that does the job
no probs best to have it on a switch and have a good
temperature gauge though having on all the time will drain
loads of power

**74mex** · 08-06-2004, 22:58

so how exactly does the thermostat work would the needle keep going up what happens when thermostat opens sorry for my ignorance

**Markos** · 09-06-2004, 09:07

The head gasket was the problem the whole time,as was in my case as well.
I live in Greece an drive in a traffic nightmare.

I had some troubles with the cooling the 1st summer I had my escort. A back-flush of the radiator and heater core revealed the culprit, Sludge.The temp after that never went above 1/2 and I'm talking about slugging through traffic at 38-40 celsius.

That lasted about two years.

Then I noticed the temp going up when sitting to 3/4 and a few times almost to the red. Another flush of the system didn't help,it was clean. I almost bought a bigger radiator and electric fan. A freind suggested it was the head gasket. I wasn't loosing any water from the system I told him.

He said "with the engine running at operating temp look at the water circulating in the radiator,do you see any bubbels?" Well I looked and about every 10 seconds or so I saw i hiccup.
I replaced the head gasket and all is fine.