My initial thought would be to open up the return pipe from the matrix and
run the engine to see if water will circulate throiugh the matrix.
If it does - Air lock
If it doesn't - Blocked Matrix
Potential to be a BIT Messy...
The following link is for a
Bleed Tee for sale. As fitted by many caterham owners. Greatly reduces the
amount of time and messing about bleeding your coolant system. Recommended
by the owners club 'Blatchat'. Fits into the top heater hose or any other
16mm coolant pipe.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Caterham-Westfield-kit-car-Bleed-Tee-Coolant-valve-/300836511252?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item460b40de14Less than £7 including p&p----- Original Message -----From: "jin" <[email protected]>To: "Quantum Owners Group" <[email protected]>Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:40 PMSubject: [Quantum Owners] Re: low coolant alarmwell, I've run mine up to temperature with the fan cutting in twice,all is well with the water tightness of it all
with no leaks(including the expansion tank bolts) but there is no heat from thematrix, upon further inspection there is no coolant flowing throughthe matrix at all, the hoses to and from are cold up to the matrix andgradually get warmer the further away from the matrix you go, andthere is no coolant inside the matrix, i can tell this because theelbows i fitted to and from is are relatively translucent and no bluecan be seen, so what do we reckon? air lock? blockage?the matrix is brand new as are all the hoses but maybe it is
blocked?could be an air lock but id still expect some coolant to flow troughpuzzledOn Jan 2, 10:54 pm, "jon jackson" <[email protected]> wrote:> We used to grass track and track day a Pug 1.9 GTi and these little French> fancies have an expansion bottle that also has a level sensor whichinforms> you of low coolant if you can find a working example (no easy matter cosits> French!) it could be used.> As some of you know I track dayed that great British kettle a Dolly Sprint> (retired now and safe
in my garage) for over 10 years and sorting the> coolant system was one of the best things I did.> One little dodge is to have the overflow just under the bonnet beneath the> screen where it soon lets you know its blowing.> Good luck with this project.> Cheers Jon (2+2 RST)>>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: "jin" <[email protected]>> To: "Quantum Owners Group" <[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 7:07 AM> Subject: [Quantum
Owners] low coolant alarm>> Heres little winter project ive been working on>> I'm cautious about loosing the coolant from the cooling system, I've> cooked a couple of cars to coolant loss and don't want this happening> here,>> To begin with i downloaded the diagram from this place.>> http://www.circuitsgallery.com/2012/08/water-tank-lowl-evel-alarm.html>> i just upped the voltages to 12v, cost about 3 to make>> the finished item looks like this, I've added a 12v flashing 10mm led> to act as
a double safeguard because although the buzzer is loud, so> is the car.>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> i was originally going to site the buzzer and LED behind the dash> switch panel but thought it may be better to position the buzzer in> the panel that used to house the radio joystick on the Fiesta.>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>>
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> the probes were made from M5 stainless steel screws with special> rubber washers fitted to the head and nut (both flange for extra> surface area) these were drilled into the header tank to just below> minimum level to alow for splashing and surging>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> fitted with rubber sealing washers>> drilled and installed into the tank itself>>
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> bit tricky to tighten the heads but i managed ;D>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> i then drilled the dash panel for the LED>> http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> and installed the buzzer panel>>
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_201...>> job done, click below for test video>> [URL=http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/> VID_20130101_111217_zpsef477e5c.mp4][IMG]http://i120.photobucket.com/> albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/> th_VID_20130101_111217_zpsef477e5c.jpg[/IMG][/URL]>> all in I'm very happy, all that is left to do is buy an LED to replace> the lamp for the "fan on" indicator i wired in last year, this lamp> was fitted to
the joystick panel but the new steering wheel obscures> it a bit and the buzzer now lives there anyway. ill fit this LED to> the dash panel by the water alarm LED.>> --> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups> "Quantum Owners Group" group.> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to> [email protected]> For more options, visit this
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