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could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.could also be the
could also be the thermostatic valve in the coolant system. if the van has been living in a hard water area and been running on regular tap water then you can get a build up of limescale on the valve that can either jam it open or closed. jammed open and it takes a long time to get up to temerature, jammed closed and it cant let the water out to cirulate round the radiator so it just gets hotter and hotter. temperature sensors tend to not read at all when they die (not always but more often than not), if they’re reading high then often you will see a reading right from the point you turn the ignition on before the engine warms up.
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