Weird overheating issue
I´ve had this GTi-R swap for nearly a year and a half, and has ran great since. It is mostly stock, just boosted to 1 bar with a blowthru setup. Only minor issues with a relatively high idle (950-1100rpm).
Last saturday, we had a gathering with local car clubs at night, and when moving to one point to another, the car began building heat. I shut off the A/C and didn´t help much, temp went up to 230º, so I put on the heater to full blast, cause I couldn´t stop. I was not going fast, and barely making some boost, just following the other cars from the gathering, 30-35mph at most. I thought maybe I had a coolant leak or maybe a rad fan failure, so when we arrived to the final spot, I opened the hood to check. Everything was working. Both fans on, no leaks, coolant level normal. Also, it gobbled up on gas. It was a 15 to 20 minutes drive at most, and it ate around 1/4 tank. No smell of gas at all. I shut off the car and let it cool down for about 45min, and after that it was working completely normal, no overheating, no nothing. Now I am puzzled, I don´t know what happened, and don´t want this situation to happen again. Any ideas of what it could be?
Last saturday, we had a gathering with local car clubs at night, and when moving to one point to another, the car began building heat. I shut off the A/C and didn´t help much, temp went up to 230º, so I put on the heater to full blast, cause I couldn´t stop. I was not going fast, and barely making some boost, just following the other cars from the gathering, 30-35mph at most. I thought maybe I had a coolant leak or maybe a rad fan failure, so when we arrived to the final spot, I opened the hood to check. Everything was working. Both fans on, no leaks, coolant level normal. Also, it gobbled up on gas. It was a 15 to 20 minutes drive at most, and it ate around 1/4 tank. No smell of gas at all. I shut off the car and let it cool down for about 45min, and after that it was working completely normal, no overheating, no nothing. Now I am puzzled, I don´t know what happened, and don´t want this situation to happen again. Any ideas of what it could be?