13 Sep 2006, 21:48
I know this has been brought up on the odd occasion, but I need to find out what my specific problem is.
I ventured out yesterday, on what is usually a short trip (7 miles). When I get to the multi-story carpark of the Hilton I kindly asked a closeby work contractor to press the button on the ticket machine so I could get in the car park. He says "Yeah, no problem mate. Nice car by the way, is there supposed to be steam bellowing out of the back!!!!!" Arrrrgggh. I backed my car up and turned the engine off, and looking at my temp gauge, noticed it was running at the top of the red!!!!!
The young chap kindly gave let me top my system up, after waiting 30 mins for it to cool down. I struggled to start her back up, but once running, has been fine since, except for the fact I have no fans kicking in!
Today, I checked all the fuses in my fusebox, and all were fine. I then removed the connector from the otterstat and shorted out the pins to see if the fans kicked in, and they didnt!!! So...Im now stuck, as I know very little about the wiring system for the rad fans.
Can anyone tell me if there's any other fuses, or indeed (Id imagine) a relay of some sort that is vuneralble to failure? Or should there be something else I can check?
I ventured out yesterday, on what is usually a short trip (7 miles). When I get to the multi-story carpark of the Hilton I kindly asked a closeby work contractor to press the button on the ticket machine so I could get in the car park. He says "Yeah, no problem mate. Nice car by the way, is there supposed to be steam bellowing out of the back!!!!!" Arrrrgggh. I backed my car up and turned the engine off, and looking at my temp gauge, noticed it was running at the top of the red!!!!!
The young chap kindly gave let me top my system up, after waiting 30 mins for it to cool down. I struggled to start her back up, but once running, has been fine since, except for the fact I have no fans kicking in!
Today, I checked all the fuses in my fusebox, and all were fine. I then removed the connector from the otterstat and shorted out the pins to see if the fans kicked in, and they didnt!!! So...Im now stuck, as I know very little about the wiring system for the rad fans.
Can anyone tell me if there's any other fuses, or indeed (Id imagine) a relay of some sort that is vuneralble to failure? Or should there be something else I can check?
Paul Birks - DOC5 - Worksop