hey all,

Does anyones XB over heat, when you are goin up hills? anyone have the Red colant light come on? :?

 

I run the baker grade into socal all the time, I haven't overheated yet. Bill

 

i've pushed to to try to get the light to come on but it doesn't

 

On the way to kansas we were going about 100mph the whole time up hills and everything, no overheating at all.

 

Ya i just ran my xB from san JO to San Diego. Even when i floored it up the grapevine mountains i was running cool. No problems here.

 

Yeah but anyone tru it with the a/c on? then it would prob overheat. This has been a great concern for me, seeing how big the radiator is. Then again my old car ( ford festia 1989) did overheat alot with the a/c on

 

Ford Festiva = KIA

Houston traffic here, with AC on and no overheating!

MUCH MUCH better upgrade than the KIA, congrats on your chioce... and I wouldn't expect most of the same probs your festiva had when thinking about the scion... despite the fact that both are sub-compacts. Technology has evolved, thankfully.

-will

 

just got back from Vegas last week, going 80-85 mph with ac on up and down hills, during day... no problems...

 

cool!

 

ive ran up an 11% grade in second gear revving at about 6100 rpms for 5 miles with the a/c full blast and nothing happend

 

thats pushin it

 

I'm going to be putting Amsoil into my box soon with a large bypass filter... so no worrys for overheating for me, anyway!

 

Just a thought. Does the warning light trigger with low coolant as well as an overheat? It may be that the uphill grade causes the coolant level at the sensor to lower enough to trigger the light. (My current car does this.)

 

yeah it probally could, how many miles are on your car . If i were u i would check my cooland level. The Best way to do so is to park your car on the Flattest ground possible so that it gives u an accurate reading.

Hope this helps

Dave