SRT-4 overheating question

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:06 pm

If this is covered somewhere else, please redirect me. Is anyone else having problems with their SRT-4 being really sensitive about overheating? Mine decided to get hot yesterday both times that I was rocking it while stuck in the snow (extreme conditions, I know). I'm wondering because it did the same thing in bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-64 outside of Brooklyn, MI after the SRT Track Experience last October (and the outside temperature was in the low 50's). I hesitate to think what might happen this summer.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:59 pm

Exactly how hot in reference to the 200F mark was it getting?

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:53 pm

mine gets a little warm on the rare occasion but nothing over 10 degrees from normal. How much snow was in front of the radiator?

fflores · Post by **fflores** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:52 pm

It is usually rare for the fans on the srt to turn on... which is why many people go with the fan switch mod... the car temp will go up and down... its hard to tell you over the net how it is... i guess you can say that it varies from a 1/8 inch below the mid point to 1/8 inch above the mid point.

Post by **Canada** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:29 pm

If your worried, turn your defrost on, and turn the heat on, but select "A/C" so that your fan turns on automatically.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:13 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Exactly how hot in reference to the 200F mark was it getting?

Maybe 10 degrees above the 200 mark on the SRT temperature guage. Snow wasn't blocking the radiator, it was just up to the front spoiler. I did manage to lose a rivet on a guard that covers some kind of cooling fins (under the front passenger seat?) and my mechanic fixed that on Thursday when I had the oil drained from the hose before the intercooler (but that's another thread entirely).

EclecticBlue wrote:If your worried, turn your defrost on, and turn the heat on, but select "A/C" so that your fan turns on automatically.

Yeah, I did that. Thanks for the suggestion though.

refect · Post by **refect** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:08 pm

i put a colder thermmostat in mine (180*), made my coolant like a 40/60 mix, and then did the fan switch mod. mine barely ever sees 200* after doing all that. i flip the fan switch on when i see it start to rise or if im doing lot of stop and go that will make lots of heat. before i used to get like 220* range after sitting in idle fo ra while or doing a lot of stop and go driving. i also dumped in some redline water wetter to help the coolant a little.