Jump to content
Ultimate Subaru Message Board

Recommended Posts

I was towing two cycles on a trailer behind the Forester over the weekend. Everytime I got on one of those long hills the heat gauge would shoot up!

 

I ended up turning off the A/C and having to run the heat to keep it below the red.

 

Air temp was low 90's

 

Are Subarus (Foresters) susceptable to overheating just towing a small trailer up some grades?

 

Is this common?

 

On the return trip temp was mid 60's and the heat gauge didn't budge from it's normal spot?:confused:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

What's Red line waterwetter

 

 

Redline water is a additive you can put into your cooloing system that spose to keep the temps around 20 deggres cooler.

 

I acully wouldent expect the car to get hot pulling a light load (under 1500 pounds) to cause the car to over heat. Ive town loads of 1800 pounds with 5 people in the car with no over heating problems on a hot day in a 1 gen legacy auto. But I never went up a long steep grades.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...