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Diagnose and Address Overheating Issues Mid-Travel

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Rocky Mountain Race Week Day 3: Squad Makes The 300+ Mile Drive + I Race A Turbo Lamborghini!

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What happens here

During the drive, if a race vehicle overheats, immediately pull over to a safe location. Identify the cause of overheating, which in this case was a small drip from the radiator cap/neck causing the electric water pump to cavitate. To address this, jump the electric water pump to get it running and add cooler water from a portable cooler to the radiator. This temporary fix aims to reduce engine temperature and allow the car to continue driving.

Goal: Perform a temporary repair to prevent further engine damage from overheating.

Tools and materials

  • Jump Starter — Powering the electric water pump
  • Portable Cooler Yeti — Storing cold water/coolant for emergency top-ups
  • Water/Coolant — Replenishing the radiator

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have to go pretty far [Applause] what happened donating some water it might be a little much light residue in there yeah well it'll make it run better i think we're still like two and a half hours out yeah it's almost one they just had a small drip on the radiator cabinet or something until it got low enough that the electric water pump cavitated which made it overheat so now they're like jumping the electric water pump to get it to run while they add cooler water from doug's spear cooler we should be back on the road in a couple minutes here we're good to go we're good to go good to go all right doug's cooler save the day let's do this

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