My toooo coool 12

hunter · Post by **hunter** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:04 pm

Have had some work done on my 12 recently. Carbs set up, new RSR dizzy, genny replaced (cooling fan was full o' shite)

Might seem like an odd complaint it seems to be running too cool. The needle only gets up to the 1/4 mark on the gauge - even after a 40 mile run.

Any ideas on things i should check out and is it likely to cause any problems.

Heaters are warming up etc.

Could it just be a faulty sender?

Darran

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:23 pm

sounds fine mate, does it run OK? idles steady?

hunter · Post by **hunter** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:01 pm

nige

it idles lovely @ 900.......until it warms up and then the revs start to rise to about 1500

i know the carbs need a rebuild ....
more doh rae me and a 6 week wait at carb exchange so i'm not bothering at the mo.

Andy prills advice was to let the engine semi-stall to bring the revs back down - works a treat

Evil J Guano · Post by **Evil J Guano** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:35 pm

Sounds fairly normal to me, mine rarely gets above 1/4...

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:13 pm

got mine to 3/4 once....... I was in France and it was about 41/2 on a sunny day and I was chasing an Andy Prill built 356 racing engine.. up some mountains.. for about an 1hr.. she was hot then but other than that yep 1/4 is normal..

hunter · Post by **hunter** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:43 am

I'll stop worrying then - thanks.

By the way, dont suppose anybody has a freshly rebuilt set of carbs they want to sell for peanuts by any chance?......anyone?

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:42 am

that's so funny and April Fool is not till next week....

hunter · Post by **hunter** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:37 am

bugger!