Hi all,
recently in the hot weather, while driving in slow moving or stopped traffic the engine temp was rising on my 3.2, in the past I have been used to a 944 (water cooled), I new the engine cooling fan would come in at a certain temperature to cool everything down a bit, but with my 911 being air cooled, if I' m not moving at much e.g. bad town traffic or motorway roadworks etc, what would happen to the 911 engine, does the car have to be moving to allow air cooled engine to stay cool.
Would engine temp reach a certain temp then no more as fan at idle speed would assist in cooling but not as much as moving fast.
Lookily the last time I was stuck in traffic it eased as the temp was rising about the 1st mark (about a 3rd) of way up guage, normal appears to be just below the mark.
Do I need to be concerned, stop and allow engine to cool in these circumstances.
Nick.
recently in the hot weather, while driving in slow moving or stopped traffic the engine temp was rising on my 3.2, in the past I have been used to a 944 (water cooled), I new the engine cooling fan would come in at a certain temperature to cool everything down a bit, but with my 911 being air cooled, if I' m not moving at much e.g. bad town traffic or motorway roadworks etc, what would happen to the 911 engine, does the car have to be moving to allow air cooled engine to stay cool.
Would engine temp reach a certain temp then no more as fan at idle speed would assist in cooling but not as much as moving fast.
Lookily the last time I was stuck in traffic it eased as the temp was rising about the 1st mark (about a 3rd) of way up guage, normal appears to be just below the mark.
Do I need to be concerned, stop and allow engine to cool in these circumstances.
Nick.