SW20 Overheating Issue
Hey guys,
I took my 93 MR2 GT for a drive yesterday after installing some new suspension, I was test driving it so I was going pretty hard. When I got home I let it sit for a little while like I always do and after a little while the temperature shot up to max on the gauge and coolant spilled out of the overflow. I assumed this would be due to me topping up my coolant before taking it for a drive, I didn't bleed the system at that time (rookie error). After the car cooled down, I bled and topped up the coolant, I took it out for a test drive again that night and the temp was fine.
Today I bled the system again and more air came out, topped it up and took it for a spin, again I went pretty hard, when I got back and let it sit the temp shot up again! This time it came back down when the fans cut in but the needle stayed above half, I've read that a proper working cooling system in the SW20 should never go above half on the temp gauge. Is there still air in the system? or could it be something else (thermostat maybe?).
On a side note I saw some coolant dried up (has the consistency of wax) sitting on the bottom of the turbo and other parts underneath it, I can’t figure out where this could have come from.
For now my plan is to keep bleeding the system and testing it, but I do have to to attend to the coolant built up on the turbo, I tried uploading pics but I failed at it.
Has anyone had this happen or know what could be wrong here? Any help or advice would be appreciated, cheers. Sorry for the essay.
PS. A bit of background info, when I bought my car it overheated the day I picked it up because an old hose burst and the radiator was blocked. I took the rad out and got it serviced, changed all the hoses to silicone ones and cleaned out the hard lines, used Nulon red 50% premixed, that was around about 3 months ago and the temp has held fine since then, even on 30+ degree days in Sydney peak hour traffic.