Car Radiator

Fit a HOD system,run cooler and further with a cleaner engine from the inside

check to see if cooling fan is working

if it has engine driven fan consider adding an electric fan as well.

blow out honey comb of radiator or wash it use hose pipe.

the grills become blocked with dust insects etc

adding a small amount of antifreeze will improve the waters ability to remove heat.

check the radiator cap is of the correct pressure

check thermostat

that lot should do it

what is exact model of car ?

SUZUKI 1990, alto,

796CC

Manual

I am totally surprised to actually be the first one to give you a GA for your technically correct answer.....the OP should personally fly to where you live and thank you!!

(Maybe not exactly so!)

I would just like to add that as you say, correct antifreeze is even needed in countries where it does not freeze as its other (one of them anyway!) functions is to protect metal parts from corrosion.

The one bad part about antifreeze is that it actually slightly slows down the heat transfer a bit - that is an over strong solution (-30°C or more) in a warm country is also not correct. (Mitsubishi made such a mistake with Diesel Gallants delivered to Germany in 1983......many damaged the cylinder heads eventually by over heating! The cylinder head design was also not fully correct either which exacerbated the problem even more. I had one of these cars!!)

My best offer for countries where it never freezes is to either follow the makers recommendation or set for around -15°C or so. That should still protect metal and allow proper cooling....

Thank you for giveing me the brief infomation , which will help me for better, result.

Thanks once again

Munawer Hussain

http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/html/electric-fans.html

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http://www.mawsolutions.com/?gclid=CKKji_Lx7aACFQZslAod-yumIA

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cooling-system7.htm

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cooling-system8.htm

http://www.arrowheadradiator.com/keeping_cool.htm

hope this helps

Very simple: more water or more air to cool down the engine. Water?

Is the designed flow maintained? Water pump, hoses? You put enough water in it? Air?

If your engine has a radiator, keep it clean and make enough air flows through it.

When this doesn't help, CR4 will explain how to improve your car.

Considered walking too?

I forgot to mention the thermostat in the water circuit, that maybe doesn't open enough.

Peterg7lyq has given you a pretty complete of mostly maintenance items to look at. The fact that you use water and not engine coolant is not helpful because water boils at a lower temperature than engine coolant. Part of the same theme is that it is important to have a suitable radiator pressure cap as this also increases the fluid boiling temperature.

Heat transfer is very much function of the velocity of the cooling air, the surface area used to exchange the heat (and the cleanliness/efficiency of that surface) and the temperature difference between the hot liquid and the cooling air. Good maintenances will maximise heat transfer to the level that the basic vehicle design permits and after that all you can to is in increase any or all of the items I mentioned by something bigger and better - a larger radiator, a bigger/faster engine fan with perhaps better shrouding, or a higher boiling point fluid. there is nothing wrong with an engine running relatively hot as long as it does not start to boil.

Surprisingly, I was told to make sure there was a working thermostat in the system. With no thermostat, the water rushes around the circuit, and does not spend enough time in the radiator to get rid of the heat.

You can also look into finding a spare car heater. Install it on the heater hoses during the hot months, and have it somewhere it can get rid of some heat without bothering the people in the car.

Or you can rig up a duct to take the air from the heater that is already in the car and divert it away from the inside of the car. In the meantime, if the car overheats, just turn on the heater for a while to help the radiator.

Run your car heater on high. This will help cool the circulating coolant. Sorry about the excessive heat in the car.

A spray that blows clean water (distilled) over the radiator when temps are high.

Adding an extra radiator.

Adding extra/stronger 12 volt fans.

Turning off the motor when stuck in traffic, but leaving the electric fan on, this may need a larger battery (a good thing at any time) to work well.

Check motor timing carefully, a slightly over advanced ignition will dramatically increase the motor temperature, but "pinking" may still not be apparent....stuck weights on the advance and retard will give the same effect.....

Higher octane fuel.

Some of the suggestions are practical, some not!

Best of luck.

I suggest you to switch off engines during traffic jams, it will save fuel also keep your engine cool. I hope there is no starting engine again is problem in your car.

Peter asks what make and model of cars is it? Electric or mechanical fan?

I'd like to know too, so as to give you the best advice possible.

The other post are heading you in the right direction, but there might be something inherent in your machine that we're missing.

Cheers,

Stu.

Yes it would be funny wouldnt it to discover he has an aircooled car, And the water he is topping up is from the windscreen washers

sir , it is not air cooling system in my car,

It has a radiator.

Hi,

Probably all you need to do is keep the idle speed up. You may have to do that manually with your foot. As has been said, antifreeze will help. Another radiator the same size but with more sections could be a solution too.

-S

—Look up radiator cap and learn about the difference and complexities. Change your radiator cap every few years. (Also, before trying adding a reserve tank as suggested above, make sure your cooling system type (which essentially means the radiator cap type used) is compatible.

Secondly—and this is another thing overlooked by the majority of owners (and auto repair shops, too)—is to clean all debris (sand, dirt, dust, mud, insects...whatever) out of the radiator heat transfer fins (aka "coils") in order to allow the maximum air flow through the radiator—AC condensor fins and transmission cooler fins, too, if so equipped. Use compressed air and/or of water flush and direct flush both from grille side and engine side of radiator. While at it, straighten and open any bent/damaged fins. They make tools to do this very quickly (say, Harbor Freight) but a wee little flat blade screwdriver will work too, though not as quickly. How often ... depends on driving environment and habits. Typically one might check and maintiain the coils at least every 5 years, or at time of periodic flush and coolant renewal (2 - 3 years). With lots of stop-go driving in a congested, dusty place (?) like Pakistan it might be smart even more often. I would venture to guess that the greater majority of vehicles showing unexplainable loss of original cooling efficiencey (the gauge once showed normal or cool but now it shows extra warm to hot and sometimes with boil ups) will have cooling restored to "like now" simply by cleaning the cooling coils/fins. Many repair shops perform this service, but most will never mention it unless you the customer mentions it first. Car manufacturers count on neglect of radiator coils to elicit new car sales...so it's never in the owners manuals.

HOpe this helps.

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