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Has anyone got any ideas on keeping the cool on a worked Clevo?
I have a three row radiator, modified water pump/impeller and twin thermo fans. It has never spat the dummy but reads quite high on the temp gauge? I think I might get my infra-red heat gun from work and check my temperatures with that.
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What thermostat are you running? And are you running a radiator shroud? is it auto? Seperate tranny cooler if yes?
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The thermostat is a tridon 170. No fan shroud as it is EL thermo fans only. I am running an external tranny cooler but still through the radiator as well. I run straight LPG which burns hotter too? I am about to fit AFD heads and wonder if this may lower
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Check the temp against a known good temperature gauge (borrow one if you have to) The factory gauges are pretty crap, a previous ZH i had witha 180degree stat in it would run at 180 on a autometer gauge but the factory gauge would barely get up to the en
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Cheers Nath, I too have another ZH that always reads stone cold on the temp gauge, I know that any standard gauge can be very inaccurate. I will use a heat gun and check my temps and let you know how I go. Mine runs most of the time on halfway, but will c
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