Harris, I had the heating problem with my 306, do you think it might be air in the system or have you bled that already I remember when I fitted my engine in fans were goin mad but temperature was over 90,

Had a quick check over a few things last night, but then didnt have time to go out and test, so more on that tonight.

Checked over the beam bolts I could get to and all tight. With the car jacked up on axle stands, moving, wiggling and shaking the rear beam, cant replicate any form of knock.

Put my track wheels on too so I could check out clearance etc. Might get the rear adjusted, maybe nudge it a bit higher, will see how I get on.

Front still needs to come down a bit, will have a look tonight if I can find my C spanners.





Also removed intercooler and pipework so I could trace the fan wiring. No visible breaks etc, might have to invest in (and learn how to use) a multimeter. Again, more on this later after I have checked it.

Might have to steal the idea that some SC lads do as well for track. No grille for better cooling.

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]

To test fans short 2 of the pins on the blue plug!

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It is the brow plug you pull out what should make your fans come in. Have you now wired up your A/C plug so when you press your A/C button your fans come on?

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The car shouldnt be overheating while driving it to be honest. I ran my astor 6 at knockhill without any fans and it didnt see above 90oC and it was a hot day too

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Have you still got your oil cooler connected up to the top rad pipe? The water should stop the oil getting that high or are you running a mocal oil cooler?

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Standard way uses the water to cool the oil.

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Not if your water is only 80oC while driving your oil temp shouldnt be at 120!

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Right so made it over to Rockingham yesterday for my test session. All went pretty well (considering the recent issues I have been having).

Unplugged the brown sensor to have the fans running constantly, but it was still rather warm and oil was getting proper hot by the end of it. Really need to get my cooler fitted.

I was generally taking it easy, just seeing how the car now felt etc, so no "lets see how quick I can get round here" more, "how does it react" etc. Seemed to handle and go pretty well. There was plenty of slow MX5's to get in my way and hold me up though

And at the end, I decided to have a cool down lap, then end the session as my oil temp had reached 140. I let an Audi RS4 past on the pit straight as was cooling the car down, then decided to chase it anyways

This resulted in the car having an issue (my own stupid fault really). Seemed to loose power, then sounded like it was misfiring etc. I know that my downpipe is s**t (still need to get the new one back!!) and think that has blown through the repair so that wont help things. But on track I was worried that the bottom end had let go, but now thinking it might be an overheated coilpack? Seen a few threads over last few weeks about people doing this.

Will get it checked out when I can, and fingers crossed its not anything serious, like bottom end. Thinking more along exhaust, as its definitely blowing a lot under the gearstick area. It also might be what is causing the knocking at the rear end (rather than a beam issue). It seems to be higher up I think, as I keep hearing the gear linkage knock against it.

Like I say, more on this when I get time to check it out, but overall car seems to be a hell of a lot better than before in terms of handling. Its nice to know what the car is doing, rather than randomly s**t yourself as the rear end does what it wants

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]

Had a bit of time over the weekend, so spent some of it on the car.

Think I have found the knocking from the rear, and changed the coolant fan sensor. Was unable to test if anything of these have made a difference though, as my housemate went out and his car was blocking mine in on the driveway.

So decided to freshen up the engine bay a bit by tidying up the slam panel. Again, Im not very good at this spray painting malarkey, but looks better than it did, and thats all I care about to be honest

Before:




Some shoddy masking and cleanup.prep



Done, that'll do.




..and back together

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]

If there is anything you need doing at pugfest let me know in advance and ill bring tools. We can do it on the hard standing saturday before i get w**kered!

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