Overheating Tag

Car engines come in many sizes and have done size the first rolled off the construction line. One can head into a car showroom and be greeted with engines smaller than a bottle of soft drink, the size of a family aimed milk bottle, or bigger.

The summer nightmare, a loaded car, Mum, Dad, three kids, the pets and luggage, top up the fuel tank, and hit the road. Half way to your holiday destination, coolant temperature gauge hits the red line! Pull over, bonnet up and steam pouring from the radiator and coolant floods onto the ground!

We have all been there… looking forward to summer holidays heading to the surf, sand or the bush with the van and car loaded, all hooked up and so too are thousands of other sun seekers with the same idea.

Evolution when it comes to the automotive and aftermarket parts industries can be clearly plotted back to the very first horseless carriage. Items such as engines for propulsion, braking systems, and even the body designs have evolved.

Now that the Christmas and New Year’s period is over, the team at Monash Motorsport have been busy getting ready for a full on assault in 2018.

Fans come in many shapes and sizes with the main point of difference coming down to whether the blades are straight or curved.

The annual British Speed Week held in November each year once had a story about a car powered by an engine sourced from a WW2 fighter plane. It was a spectacle to behold with flames, sparks, and smoke being emitted as it was piloted around the show’s test track.

Australian owned and operated manufacturer Davies Craig has recently updated is Transmission Oil Cooler Catalogue with a number of exciting new additions.

Davies Craig will be stateside on August 3-6 for the Louisville Street Rod Nationals showcasing our world class range of automotive cooling products.

The market leaders of the Australian automotive cooling industry, Davies Craig, are proud to have played a role in getting Matilda, the Paddleboat, back on the water and running efficiently with a Davies Craig Electric Water Pump.

With significant advances in engine technology, higher horsepower and subsequent torque figures are being created. With these increases additional heat is generated placing extra demands on the engine’s thermal management system. Electronics and new technologies are now playing a greater role in cooling engines and delivering excellent results.

The relative merits and technology of curved vs. straight fan blades have been debated for some time.

When it comes to our Thermatic® Fans, we recognize the superior strength and wind force (CFM) generated by our high powered electric fans. That’s why we chose to replace the factory-fitted viscous clutch fan on our Mazda BT50 (Ford Ranger) with the integrated fully reversible 16” Thermatic® Fan (part #0166).

Davies Craig’s Electric Water Pumps (EWP®) are redefining the way engines maintain an optimal operating temperature. They do so by utilising a low amount of DC current to consistently monitor and maintain a specified engine temperature. There are a number of benefits to running Electric Water Pumps which we will outline in this article.

Being specialists in the automotive cooling industry, we know a thing or two about keeping engines at optimal temperatures. Throughout the summer months, older cars and cars with slow or poor coolant circulation may succumb to the excessive heat, ultimately resulting in an overheated engine.

Clearly when the vehicle left the factory it didn’t overheat so there has to be a solution!

The opportunity to showcase Davies Craig Pty Ltd quality engine cooling products at USA’s highest profile automotive aftermarket show cannot be underestimated!

Reviving the excitement and spectacle of the original Geelong sprints, this event is a celebration of the town’s long and proud motoring culture.

We were stateside earlier this month for the incredible SEMA show at the Las Vegas Convention Center with our brand Manager Josh Backes in attendance.

We are excited to announce the arrival of the brand new compression fitting to suit our well-known Thermatic® Switches.

Davies Craig is still on the hunt for our dearly missed Ilinga AF2 Sports Car! We created two back in 1974 and although one is currently being displayed in the Melbourne Museum, the others whereabouts are currently unknown.

Traditional mechanical water pumps have been used in production cars for decades, but this ‘iron age’ technology has gone well past its ‘use by’ date.

Davies Craig’s own John and Josh headed to the fourth Annual Nitto Enthusiast Day in the US last month. The day is held at the huge Angel’s Baseball Team car park in Los Angeles and was completely free for exhibitors.

Our Low Coolant Level Alarm Kit monitors the level of the coolant in the engine and notifies the user if any undesired drops in level occur.