I've now got my zetec water plumbing all in, but i'm not convinced its working. How can i check it???
Its a 1.8 silvertop, so i haven't changed the waterpump. When its running i feel all the pipes and they are cold, only near the engine are they
hot......i also checked the thermostat and its not ceased or anything.
Help needed!
Is the pump rotation direction correct?
Steve.
It will take a good few minutes to warm an engine up at idle with no load on it. Can you leave it running for 10-15 mins? Basically, if it doesn't get too hot (on the guage), it works!
Mine takes a while to get heat round the whole system. IS the engine from an escort?? If its from a mondeo youl need to change the water pump to an escort/fiesta one.
from an escort so it should be ok. I can run it for 10mins yes, i'd suppose this means it works, but why dont the pipes heat up???
Is it getting hot enough to open the thermostat? Try drilling a small hole (3-4mm) in the thermostat and see if it helps.
we had a simmilar problem with a 2 litre zetec, you need to check and ensure that the pump connects to the bottom of the radiator so it is pulling not pushing the water
The smaller 18mm(ish) pipes from either side of the thermo housing going to the bottom hose should get hot first as they are the warm up circuit and heater supply so should be warm in a few mins. The thermostat opens at 90 ish deg so will take a while.
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Originally posted by Chaz
I've now got my zetec water plumbing all in, but i'm not convinced its working. How can i check it???
Its a 1.8 silvertop, so i haven't changed the waterpump. When its running i feel all the pipes and they are cold, only near the engine are they hot......i also checked the thermostat and its not ceased or anything.
Help needed!