overheating

Good Evening All, Here is the noobie’s 1st question for the brain trust. The attached pics are the current setup on “Wilbur”, my newly acquired ‘73 piggy. Wilbur came from MA and ran consistently between 180 and 190 deg during test drive (it was 68 deg outside at that time). Here in South TX...

Yesterday after a short spin, my truck started to overheat. It went from normal temps to 280+ according to the Scangauge. I was able to get it home, I'm sure I should have just stopped driving when it happened, but I was close and there were other things going on at the time, which led me to...

Long time lurker here, first time posting. I've been reading countless of posts with others with overheating engines but I decided to throw mine into the mix... Back Story: I have a 1996 land cruiser, IFZE-FE, with almost 256,000 miles now. My dad bought it 13 years ago and I started driving...

Hey Crew! I know this has been answered many times but I wanted to resurface this issue with a few questions. Problem: Overheating while idle. Fluctuates from below middle line to above middle line. She has a completely new cooling system as of a few months ago with the exception of a fan...

Was driving through hot weather today and accidentally had the cruiser in second on the freeway and didn't notice. Did 5000 rpm for about 15 minutes until the check engine light came on and I noticed the temperature was in the red. Pulled over immediately, waited an hour for it to cool down, and...

Hey guys. I'm new here. I have a 2007 FJ with 240k miles on it that needs a new head gasket. Exhaust was leaking into cooling system. I'm in the process of tearing it down to see what's wrong with it. I'm very close to having the heads off the block and I have a few questions about this specific...

My LJ73 (2LT diesel) sometimes overheats (well at least the temperature gauge reaches the red zone). It does that if I drive fast (~100km/h) for a while on a motorway that goes uphill (even not so steep). I usually either ease off the accel and take it easy (70-80 km/h) for five-ten minutes to...

Ok, I’ve had my 97 40th triple locked sweetheart since jan of 06, she’s been my daily, I replaced the radiator once before I think 10 years ago. Lately she’s sat because I was going to school from home so there was no need to drive. I started back on campus recently and the radiator went. I...

Hey everyone I'm a long time lurker first time poster. I need help. This is gonna be a long post... 92 3FE So I've been fighting a getting too warm but not necessarily overheating issue. In summer NorCal 100ish degrees truck will get up to about 210°. If I turn on the AC (converted to r134) I...

Hello, I have never had any over heating issues with my 80 until today. The AC went out then noticed it was over heating, I put 2 gallons of water in it since I was out running errands when it hit. The water runs straight through and comes out up high under the intake manifold, I cant see...

Hi everyone It has been 2 years of running a 12v 1hz on my FJ45. Everything is OK until the summer comes and overheating problem begins. I have checked all components of the cooling system. The injection pump seems to work normally because no smoke comes out of the exhaust.(Just a little black...

I am new to IH8MUD and love the content and help so far. I have a 1994 with 4.5l 1fz engine. It has been running a bit hot (half way between mid and red on gauge) when climbing hills only. Recently it started to jump up close to red. Even started doing it periodically on flat ground...

Last week I put an OME lift on my 97 TLC. Included in the kit was the OME steering stabilizer, which I also put on. Last weekend I take my truck on a fairly light trail in about 90 degree weather. I would say there was about an hour or less of heavy steering around switchbacks and obstacles...

Hello everyone! Like millions of 2LTE owners before me, I have been spending my time chasing a random overheating issue on my LJ78. The temp will spike to nearly the red at random times with no consistency surrounding the driving conditions. I’ve been assuming the worst, but today I noticed...

FZJ 80 family - needing help with some overheating issues. On my 1995 FZJ80, I have been having some overheating issues mainly in the summer (above 80 degrees) taking on hills or pulling a heavy trailer on hills even in winter. I had the top end fully done +/- 30,000 miles ago, new radiator...

I've got an overheating problem that has given me fits for the last two weeks. I have an 86 FJ60 2f engine. It overheats. I have changed the thermostat after boiling it to make sure it works as it should. It's a 180F I've replaced all hoses. I've put in a new 4 core radiator and have checked...

I had the frost plugs in my N/A 3B replaced in October and since then I have had a persisting issue of temperature spikes when climbing up long highway hills. (Squamish to Brohm lake for example) Since then I have replaced my: Rad cap Fan clutch T-stat OEM 82 degrees Water pump Various...

I had just about had it with this car. Back in November i bought this car from a friend to help them out with $$. A week later the water pumps goes out. I do the work on y cars myself so i looked it up and replaced it and the thermostat. *eye roll* my dumb ass turned the motor so it took me a...

Hi guys, First post here. Have looked and looked but can't find my answer. I have a 82 HJ60 with a diesel 2H in it. It's overheating slightly - working on that - have bought a new radiator, just trying to find time to install it. But, when it's hot, and I've been driving a while - highway for...

When I’m jumping off the highway, and usually in a bit of traffic my temp gauge starts to creep up… Especially if I had been running the aircon – then it flies up! Once I can get moving again it cools down fine – so my thinking is that an electric fan or two on the radiator to keep the air...