Is it normal for the fan to be blowing air out of the unit? I took the cover off and I think it should be pulling air into the unit and across the radiator. That is how radiators work. That may explain my overheating issue. The fan is always at 100% so its moving a lot of air and its fairly loud.
GX CS4 Overheating issue
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I have an early model CS4. The fan on it is on 100% of the time. Check and make sure your water is circulating. There's another member on here, I don't remember who, but they had problems with water circulation. GX told him to take a long pointy object and clear the port in the bottom of the reservoir.
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Hello,
There are no water circulation issues. I think the fan was installed backwards from the factory though and that is causing the overheating.
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Mine pulls air out, so pulls air across the radiator. No overheating issues and I only use mine to top off a 97cf bottle.
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Ok, thought the fan orientation might be it. GX did email back. Outside of water recirculation issues which have been ruled out, too much grease may cause the overheating. I haven't turned the grease pot since receiving the unit about a week ago. They said to pull the burst disc fitting, spring and doo-dad under that. Run it for 2 hours without a tank connected to expel excess grease. We will see if that works.
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Normally you pull cooler outside air in and push/force it across the radiator. Like a car radiator. By pulling inside air across the radiator, you're actually heating the water up.
Edit: Doing further searching, maybe it doesn't matter.
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I understand radiators, but even In a vehicle, it's working in the same manner. The fan is just in front of the radiator. On the compressor, there is a fresh air intake on the very back of it.
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The start button turns off, and then the off button is activiated/illuminated. If I try to press start it doesn't do anything and the off button is still active. I turn the red power switch off, then back on and I can start it up again. I'm guessing its a latching type of overheat protection mechanism and needs a power reset.
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More than one person has reporeted getting an air bubble in the cooling system - blocks coolant flow.
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Oh you probably have a faulty breaker switch on the compressor or it’s actually pulling too much amps because maybe it’s over greased ? The first one probably makes more sense. My gxcs2 had the same issue . Just contact GX
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Sounds like the motor. Could be the thermal overload is kicking in. I would do what they suggested and run it without a load.
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Starting the 2 hr purge of the grease per GX instructions.
Video of purge, 2 seconds
104 deg F water without load.
Video of purge, 2 seconds
104 deg F water without load.
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Plan on it. Purged the grease, but not much came out after 2 hours. After 20 mins of use, the circulating water got to 151 deg F and the unit shutdown. I'm in communication with GX and we'll see what they say.
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Yeah that seems excessive. My Omega Trail runs cold. I’ve been reading a few posts about the CS4 overheating you’re not the first
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I think it pulls air in from the back. That way the coolest air hits the cylinder first. Then the water is circulated through the cylinder head to ensure cooling. Mine has only reached about 115 deg f. The water,and water wetter in the small reservoir gets 118 deg f. That’s going from 2900-4500 psi with a 45 min tank.
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