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02-08-2014, 04:40 PM
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I thought it went pump > rad > stat > etc
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Well hot water enters the top of the rad...via the stat...so it must flow that way surely?
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Yeah, it must go towards the rad...otherwise you're just putting hot water through hot oil which isn't gonna help anything...
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flows from engine to cooler to rad when the stat is closed as it is used to heat the oil to operating temperature
when the stat opens
flows from engine to top rad hose and the flow through the cooler is slight as its more restrictive than the top hose
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Pump - head - heater matrix - pump
when the stat opens..
pump - head - heater matrix - stat - radiator - pump
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I think the 2.1 had a slightly different matrix return flow toseland.
Im basically trying to work out where to take a feed for the turbo coolant jacket. I need a supply and return
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any thouhgts? I need coolish flow into turbo and then somewhere to dump the flow back into the system. Needs to be constant too, not reliant on stat opening etc
