anyway i got a noob question to ask:
The each car got a timing right? i mean when engine running. "i dun know how to put into word, sry"
Does timing affect the temperature?

when u in traffic jam, wind = 0 km/h, rpm= 800

when u in highway, wind=100km/h. rpm= 3000

so tell me, when is your car hotter?

answer = windspeed, not rpm. 100km/h can dissipate all the heat.

This post has been edited by turbocharged: Feb 14 2012, 10:32 PM

I have problem with temperature too,,,my car is kancil 850 only,,recently i notice that when my engine is cold,after warm up few minutes and start moving,my temperature will climb more than half or very near to red line,but will go back to normal after about 30 second,,,,also same problem with TS,as speed increase,my temperature also increase,,,,any idea what's the problem?

possible ur radiator dirty? didnt work properly. else i think u have to send your kancil go to SC and check lo.

maybe fan got problem.. Mine getting hot when waiting at traffic light.. but once moving then the temperature will be less than 1/5 of the temp meter.. usually when the temp reach 2/5 of the meter.. the fan kick in.. this happen in my kancil.. as for wira got 2 fans.. gonna check my wira how it works tmr.. hahaha

Drive to college just now and check the temperature whole way to.

Still operate at the middle point. and then when i switch off the Air-cond off. the temperature raise between level 4 and 5. that's should be normal cause only 1 fan work while air-cond off. I guess either is my radiator too dirty or other probs like: Engine too old, Timing reset, Head Gasket leak, etc etc...

i will never send back to SC,,,their service advisor have no experiance

please check your radiator fan. the temperature goes down once you start moving due to incoming air from the front grill. when you're stuck in jam or not moving, there are no air moving thus accumulated heat raise the temperature.
happen to me once. i change the fan and the problem solved.

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Added on February 15, 2012, 10:50 amTS, based on my experience with my 10 years old wira, what you've experienced is engine overheating.
in the process you can see your engine getting more dirtier especially on the lower side (you might need to crouch down to see the bottom part) as the gasket starts to fail.
i have the same problem with you before when my car is around 7 years old.
i send for full overhaul. the shop takes out the engine, dissassemble everything, change what wears out and complete new gasket. put it back in and the problem solved.
total cost me RM1500 and 2 days work. that is 2009 price.

This post has been edited by lewmoker: Feb 15 2012, 10:50 AM

I recently had the same problem...my Wira temperature slowly went up the "red mark" towards the yellow mark (but I didn't let it reach that high). For me, I noticed that everytime I exceed the 90kmph mark, the temperature slowly increases...so I was forced to drive 90kmph all the way to my destination on a 110kmph highway =.=

I checked and one side fan seemed to be running slower than the other, water was full, etc. One suspicion I had was the radiator coolant as I had been wanting to flush it for a while now but didn't coz some people told me not to touch it. When I went to the workshop, some experienced old man said it was the radiator coolant indeed. Best part is, when he removed the radiator head to clean the thing, we found heck lot of rust-dust it was ancient radiator coolant! Anyway it took half a day to clean, change piping and insert new coolant all for RM130.

Why don't you give it a try

i would like to give a try flush my radiator. So total is RM130 include coolant, change piping, and also take whole radiator out for cleaning?

well, now i gonna make sure what's my car's problem having. then only do decision.

why don't you check first...open the cap and see if the insides look like its rusted. If it is, high chances of rust affecting your radiator. By no means you need to change the radiator...hopefully. Just need to clean it.

To be honest, at least for my case, flushing the radiator won't really fix the problem. If it doesn't make things worse...

Of cus i got open the cap and look inside. sure rust alrdy ==||. a car more than 13 years old car the radiator didnt rust is miracle. else why i asking?? ><||

so what you waiting for

definitely got problem. Wira temp usually around 1/4 only. anything at half or above needs checking, as lengthily discussed above. good luck

If everything is checked and it still goes up, it is a faulty temp meter
Those analogue meters tend to KO overtime eventually

If not mistaken all wira 1.6/1.8 SOHC engine tend to be at half or lower a bit.. At first i tot my temp meter got problem also when i got the car.. Sent to 2~3 mechanic shop to check, all said normal for wira 1.6/1.8 SOHC engine, due to bigger cc engine...

If over half, then u should be worried...

This post has been edited by littlefire: Feb 16 2012, 09:02 AM

Actually i remember before i change to coolant, my car operate exactly at middle. that time my car only use water and temperature operate at middle.


Since i have take better care to my car, i guess i will take action soon later. because i still need my car to go anywhere i want.

this is not usual...

Sounds like the radiator is rusty... coolant has the anti corrosion property, maybe the radiator is rusty due to long term using water only.

Besides, do check the engine oil also as either the cooling system not working or your engine is generating extra heat (gasket leakage leak all the lubricant oil away...). Maybe as mentioned, the radiator fan run slower due to aged motor...

Mostly was radiator causing the issue ..
Unless your radiator fan,thermostat, fan Sensor connector is spoiled then you need to replace it ..
Nowadays new radiator cost very cheap .. Get a denso brand new radiator is about rm210 ..
Mine running on it with shell oat coolant .. Serve me well even driving @ 160km/h for one hours and the radiator never raise over the middle line .
btw im driving a satria 1.3m ..
To be safe i have change the water pump, radiator hose, radiator fan motor and thermostat to assure everything working in the perfect condition ..