discodave Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Hello all. I've just towed my 14 foot caravan to work in Kent. I made it okay but it did heat up a lot. Had 2 use the heater 2 keep it cool. Is that to be expected from a v8 auto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 V8 should tow anything happily, check your radiator is good and your fan is actually working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 pulled a disco 20 odd miles on an ifor williams with mine last year with no problems, manual 'box though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtherotti Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 i towed my 26 foot caravan with my tdi manual and the temp never moved yours having more power should cope better so i would do as suggested above and check fan/radiator condition rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Since we're playing who towed what, I towed ~4 tons and five people to Wales and back with my 3.5 EFi and it coped fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodave Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 I towed the same caravan to Wales 2 years ago and to Leeds last year with my 300tdi manual no problem. The rad looks fine, thermostat is new good quality one and the fan is working. On the flat doing around 60 it's fine but around 50mph or going up hill the temp climbs quickly. I put the heater on before it gets too hot as I dont really want to see how hot it's going to get. With the heater on it goes back down to slightly over half way. Without the caravan the temp gauge never moves above half way even if I give it some welly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Rads can look fine but be absolutely shot - to actually check it you need to remove the cowling and confirm that all the fins are still there on both front & back and that you can see daylight through it all the way across. The favourite is that the front row of fins look dandy and the rest are blocked, rotten, or missing entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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