Over heating problems....

[Guest]

Hi Everyone

Im have over heating problem with my Subaru Forester 1997 SF5 Ej20T.

Head gaskets replaced

Radiator replaced

Heat sensor replaced

One side of the radiator is hot.... other side is cold. Also the air con is not working...

Machanics and I cannot work out what the problem is :-\

Any ideas??

Thanks everyone

[Guest]

heater core is blocked at a guess

bypass it so it has a good flow

or thermostat faulty

[Guest]

where are you at?

Want me to sort it out?

[Guest]

Hey mate. Based in Bulls... 20 minutes from Palmy... Its been to 3 different machincs in the last 2 weeks and they cant sort it out.

[Guest]

bring it to me and I will fix it

I'm in Wellington - will work out cheaper than wasting more $$ on places that cant fix it

depending on what I find - it may need the dash out to do the heater core

Can do next week for you

[Guest]

Ok i'll keep that in mind. Have burnt through 2 grand in the last 2 weeks getting gaskets.. radiator... clutch etc replaced. Do you have a mobile number? I'll contact you when iv got a bit of coin saved up again if I havent resolved the problem.

Laura

[Guest]

will message you my #

cheers Rick

[Kiwi_Fozze]

ill say this now, rick knows his s**t, read his signature....

[LAZLO]

yeah hard,i wish he was in auckland though,i got the same problem with my forester and its same year lol

[WRXONP]

if one side of radiators cold i would say either radiators blocked or thermostat isn't opening . . . . rick will pick the problem quick though

[GT2.2]

Will be as Ichi Ban said, blocked heater core, my BF7 had the same problem when I bought it. You just need to get a couple of T joints and slice them in before the heater core hoses go into the firewall. Ichi Ban could probably explain it to you over the phone if your car won't make it to welly, easy enough job.

Basic job is:

Remove IC

Locate Heater core hoses (2 hoses that run parallel to each other and go through the firewall)

Cut hoses

Slice in T connectors and new section of hose to join the two hoses together

tighten with clamps

put IC back

Hey presto!

all parts available at Repco, can't remember the size of hose/T bits needed though

[turborunner]

theres a bypass guide in the forum heres the link:http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,11161.0.html

[LAZLO]

i really need to do this to my car before i get carried away and put a hole new motor in lol