riot196

So I will start out by saying that I don't believe my car is truely overheating, but I feel it is getting close, if that makes sense. I knew back when I bought the car I wanted to do reliability mods first, I.E. remedy waterpump, bhr coils, csf radiator, oem thermostat, sohn adaptor, rx8performance fan comtrol kit and a de-cat off the top of my head for reliability/cooling mods that i have installed, along with other mods I have not under those specifications. Now that ive explained that, I'll get on to my delema. Being that I'm up in the new england area, its cooling off a lot now, but my car still seems to have a hard time running at normal temps and saying constant. When i commute to work i usually take it very easy being that's there's construction, stop and go traffic, etc. I usually only get on it when I have a large open area and plenty of time to shut it down/cool it off a little. But in very normal driving situations when I have to stop and go and idle in traffic, the fans always seem to be going full blast and when I get to work they run for at least 10 to 15 seconds plus sometimes when I turn the car off. Im not sure if im over reacting and the car might actually be fine, but its always worried me and wasnt sure if other people have had any experiences like this.

CelestialGryphon

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How's the foam surrounding the radiator?

Steve Dallas

Without data to look at, you can't know what is going on with it. Your best bet is to buy an OBDII transmitter ($25) from Amazon and log your actual coolant temps with your phone and an inexpensive app like Torque ($5).

The behavior you describe is typical for hot summer months, but atypical for cooler months.

What year is the car?

riot196

Foam around the radiator is blocked off with pipe insulation as best I can (looks like a small swimming pool noodle cut to size). I've been planninh to pick up a cobb accessport to see if i can get this figured out. I planned on buying one sooner or later, but once i put the car ip for the winter, I'll just stock pile a bunch of parts and install once late winter/spring comes back around. The year of the car is 2004, 123k miles, original engine if I'm not mistaken (believe it or not).

CelestialGryphon

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A well maintained S1 will make 120k. You aren't the first, that's for sure.

riot196

Well that's good to know. I'm surprised its lasted as long as it has, it seems like the guy before me that owned it wasn't too bright. I bought the car bone stock and have only put about 13k on it and im closing in on 2 years of ownership. Still hot starts like a champ and runs up to redline perfect, still wouldnt mind getting a little more power out of it in the future after a nice rebuild.