Slightly backwards.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:06 pm
This section's for engines that aren't running right. I think mine's running a little too well, and I'm concerned that I might have broken something.
On the dual carriageway on the way out of Sc**thorpe, I was thrashing the old girl somewhat: road rage thanks to a bald guy in Seat Ibiza FR that cut me up, I should know better, I know.
Anyway, he seemed pretty determined to be out of there and Suzi gave up at 75mph ( And people say SJ's are slow ). I was still being an angry fool and kept my foot to the floor, forcing Suzi to hold 70mph up Motlash hill. When we got to the top Baldy Ibiza was out of sight and I'd calmed down, so I backed down to 45mph and merged with the traffic.
Within the next minute or so the temperature guage nosedived down to it's resting position, to which I slowed down to 40 or less on subsiquent roads until I got to my friend's barn, even though it came back up again within another minute or so.
I checked the fluid level when I stopped and that was normal, no steam or spray in the engine bay, and when I drove home a couple of hours later everything seemed okay.
I know it was stupid, asking so much of the old girl, and I'm worried as to if something might have broken, or could it have just been a delayed reaction from the engine needing less cooling to the thermostat closing?
Thanks guys,
Eddie "humble" Tear
On the dual carriageway on the way out of Sc**thorpe, I was thrashing the old girl somewhat: road rage thanks to a bald guy in Seat Ibiza FR that cut me up, I should know better, I know.
Anyway, he seemed pretty determined to be out of there and Suzi gave up at 75mph ( And people say SJ's are slow ). I was still being an angry fool and kept my foot to the floor, forcing Suzi to hold 70mph up Motlash hill. When we got to the top Baldy Ibiza was out of sight and I'd calmed down, so I backed down to 45mph and merged with the traffic.
Within the next minute or so the temperature guage nosedived down to it's resting position, to which I slowed down to 40 or less on subsiquent roads until I got to my friend's barn, even though it came back up again within another minute or so.
I checked the fluid level when I stopped and that was normal, no steam or spray in the engine bay, and when I drove home a couple of hours later everything seemed okay.
I know it was stupid, asking so much of the old girl, and I'm worried as to if something might have broken, or could it have just been a delayed reaction from the engine needing less cooling to the thermostat closing?
Thanks guys,
Eddie "humble" Tear