Procharger installed and I'm over heating!!!!
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Procharger installed and I'm over heating!!!!
i DO NOT have a low-temp thermostat and DO NOT have a aftermarket radiator, but I know people running the same set up no problems? My Defi Temp Guage is usually at 180 without the charger, now it's at 220-240, and sometimes my Stock Temp Guage goes 3/4 which is scary as hell and I have to pull over and let it cool down. What's going on! I just ordered a thicker oem Silla Radiator and going to order a Nismo Thermostat, i hope that helps. Let me know your opinion guys, thanks!
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Have you checked your coolant level? Has it been running hot since you picked it up? I don't think your installer needed to remove any coolant lines for the blower, but if they did, maybe the cooling system wasn't fully bled.
If you start it up from cold (or cool) and let it idle, where does the coolant temp stabilize at?
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If you start it up from cold (or cool) and let it idle, where does the coolant temp stabilize at?
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Originally Posted by churchautotest
Have you checked your coolant level? Has it been running hot since you picked it up? I don't think your installer needed to remove any coolant lines for the blower, but if they did, maybe the cooling system wasn't fully bled.
If you start it up from cold (or cool) and let it idle, where does the coolant temp stabilize at?
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If you start it up from cold (or cool) and let it idle, where does the coolant temp stabilize at?
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I have full coolant in the radiator, I gotta double check but I believe when i start it at cold, it just starts going up for being cold? Like i can idle at the 775 you set mine at, and it would be still low-cold and going up, but after warm it usually stays at half way between H and C.
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Hey man, I replied to your PM.
If it is air in the system somehow (but I don't think anyone would have needed to mess with it?) you can check by turning on the heater on seeing if it as hot as normal. There's a plastic screw type thing at the back left of the engine bay along a coolant line. open that thing up after running it a little while and air will escape.
With the FI 350Z's most people are saying, on a stock coolant system they average around 200-220 on hot days. My gauge has never been above about the halfway point before or after the SC.
All I could find for now!
If it is air in the system somehow (but I don't think anyone would have needed to mess with it?) you can check by turning on the heater on seeing if it as hot as normal. There's a plastic screw type thing at the back left of the engine bay along a coolant line. open that thing up after running it a little while and air will escape.
With the FI 350Z's most people are saying, on a stock coolant system they average around 200-220 on hot days. My gauge has never been above about the halfway point before or after the SC.
All I could find for now!
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Definately bleed the coolant line with the screw in the back of the engine bay... It's something I didn't even consider before I went nuts with all of my cooling mods. In hindsight, I really really wish I had checked beforehand, but oh well, can never be too safe.
It's too cool in Socal to be running that hot just normally driving. Hmm, driving in a JWT TT G tonight, I think I saw temps of 190ish
It's too cool in Socal to be running that hot just normally driving. Hmm, driving in a JWT TT G tonight, I think I saw temps of 190ish
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If you have time, start it up from cold and just let idle for a while. See if the coolant temp stops going up at some point and stabilizes. Also, see if the fans are turning on. Maybe they were disconnected during the install and didn't get reconnected. Check fuses too. Actually, I'll bet its the fans not coming on now that I think about it.
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mine has never gone above halfway... i know its winter here in the Northeast, but i've driven it HARD plenty of times... and it stays about halfway.
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I drove around today, watched the temp guage, it went up to 200-220, then it cools down to 180-190, comes back up to 200-220 constantly, so i can tell the fans are hopefully working? But when I turn on the Heater, i feel no heat, only cold air, but it is 60 degrees outside right now raining and I don't know if I kept it on long enough to wait for hot air, but I wait a good while and felt no hot air. Hrrrrrmmmm....stupid car 
I bought a Nismo Thermostat though, waiting for that too come in next week. Bought a replacement Silla radiator, nothing fancy, oem like but just a tad thicker, and I'm looking now for an aftermarket radiator fan, can't find one, anybody know if there is one or we can fit one in?
I bought a Nismo Thermostat though, waiting for that too come in next week. Bought a replacement Silla radiator, nothing fancy, oem like but just a tad thicker, and I'm looking now for an aftermarket radiator fan, can't find one, anybody know if there is one or we can fit one in?
Yeah it def. sounds like you have air trapped in your system, I had it once on another car and the same thing happened to me when I turned my AC on...no heat at all.
I would check this out before spending money on other items.
I would check this out before spending money on other items.
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Yeah it def. sounds like you have air trapped in your system, I had it once on another car and the same thing happened to me when I turned my AC on...no heat at all.
I would check this out before spending money on other items.
I would check this out before spending money on other items.
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you have air in the system .
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Oh great now i have my S.E.S light on, throwing codes p1122-Electronic Throttle Control Actuator and p1126-Throttle Control Motor Relay , and as for the air in the system, how do i do that? Just stick a funnel in the radiator and wait it out with the heater on? I've been looking for that little screw to let air out but I ain't no mechanic and do not know what to do haha.
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The plastic screw thing for the coolant is back left. Follow the black rubber lines around back there. I tried to snap a pic for you, but no good one. If someone else doesn't shed some light, I'll try to take another picture in the daytime.
As for your new codes. Car is probably freakin' out on ya.
You can try the TPS relearn/calibration procedure. (search for that)
It may just need a good cleaning also. Maybe some dirt or other grime got in the piping after the ****ty ProCharger filter and got to the TB.
You can also always try disconnecting the battery overnight.
As for your new codes. Car is probably freakin' out on ya.
You can try the TPS relearn/calibration procedure. (search for that)
It may just need a good cleaning also. Maybe some dirt or other grime got in the piping after the ****ty ProCharger filter and got to the TB.
You can also always try disconnecting the battery overnight.
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Originally Posted by G35Rider92649
as for the air in the system, how do i do that? Just stick a funnel in the radiator and wait it out with the heater on? I've been looking for that little screw to let air out but I ain't no mechanic and do not know what to do haha.
BTW, I'm not exactly 100% on how the procharger is installed, but the nismo thermostat required me to completely remove the Vortech Blower and bracket to install. GL