4EFTE overheating

[Bushman]

advice needed.

i just did a 4efte install in a clio, but one little drive and the ting overheating.

If i keep the rpms under 3000 it seems to be fine, but as soon as u press alittle and u hear the turbo blow apparently water is flowing out of the overflow bottle and after alittle alot of steam coming from the overflow bottle.

is it true the radiator needs to be a certain height to the engine ?
I tried to raise it as high as i can mount it to the top of the engine where now the top hose is about 1/2 inch higher than the first hose port on the engine.

sending it by the mechanic today but wanna know wat my options mite be to fix this problem.

[Bushman]

bump

[A172]

change yuh rad cap and cross yuh fingers.

[Bushman]

boy its a new radiator from bamboo the cap looks brand new

[daryl0510]

does these engine have termostat??????

[Bushman]

took it out

[josh]

sound like head gasket problem

[xtech]

yip mine did that would stay cool until i press out an dat was it steam all over.......blown head gasket easy fix.

But i went 5E head an block instead

[Bushman]

was thinking 4e head 5e block

who can change it for me at a decent price in POS

[A172]

why not rebuild the engine as you opening it up?

[Bushman]

money tight rite now how much the rebuild kits going for now

[A172]

for a 4efte rebuild....pretty cheap

OEM rings: $600
OEM headgasket: $400
ACL bearing kit: $350
Put back yuh phoqin thermostat - OEM: $225
Gates timing belt: $220
pressure test and shave head $300

other lil sh1t like valve seals, oil etc: small morney

your call

[Bushman]

hmmmm why put back thermostat

[A172]

no thermo = no restriction = no time for water to get cool in radiator due to constant circulation

needed to keep the engine at normal operating temperature

not to mention yuh car go pull like sh1t how it stock

[A172]

not to mention yuh car go pull like sh1t how it stock

i should probly elaborate on that 1hmmm

from personal experience with the stock setup, when i had the thermo out, on boost the car use to move sluggish....as if the engine was 'cold'...put it back in and operating smoothly

now in comparison to a pal who running about 200whp more than me....he has his thermo out and well.......i guess one would barely notice

[4eterc]

now in comparison to a pal who running about 200whp more than me....

your car is <100whp or wa

[A172]

yeh....yuh eh know?

[reddo_tuner]

yeh....yuh eh know?

LOL
LIES!

[haydn28]

yeh....yuh eh know?

nAH! u come again with dat?

BLUE! go fix dat

[AllTrac]

not to mention yuh car go pull like sh1t how it stock

i should probly elaborate on that 1hmmm

from personal experience with the stock setup, when i had the thermo out, on boost the car use to move sluggish....as if the engine was 'cold'...put it back in and operating smoothly

i believe this is because the engine was over cooling since it was not getting up to optimal temperature, the ecu would then think it is in cold start mode and dump additional fuel also limiting boost and pulling back timing until engine heats up ie if it is using stock sensors. Over cooling of the block could also cause premature ware.

Same thing i noticed with the 3s, plugged back in the thermo and got a new cts, everything fine and dandy.

[Bushman]

yea de head gasket needed changing running like a tief now

[rottedv]

Did you put in the thermostat? How did you know the head gasket blew out? Same thing seems to be happing to me...When the prosport gauge reach about 90 degrees it seems to start dumping water out the overflow bottle...Not steaming and stuff though just water dumping out the overeflow bottle....Not seeing any oil and water mixing so I assuming the head gasket good...

[Bushman]

oil mikint with water water bubbling out of thermostat