Laine_16v
15-01-2006, 19:21
OK, first of all does this sound like a naffed thermostat:
The temp gauge doesnt come on even after say a 15 minute run, not even off the bottom bar. Do these engines take a long time to warm up?
However if you do lots of little trips, within about 30 mins the gauge wrosk fine and goes all the way to the top of the norma (the very top of the normal )
However the cooling fan doesnt kick in which worrys me a lot. Are there any test i can do to check the cooling fan DOES work?
I read in hayned you can short a plug and the fan should kick into life, but it doesnt show where that plug is, is it on the ver side of the radiator?.
Any help would be much appreicated. I dont want an overheated car with a failed head gasket on my hands.
Is it a renault job to sort it out. I would prefer to do it asap.
Ive shorted the rad plug, didnt do anything, and one of the plugs on the thermostat (temp sender), which made the temp gauge shoot upto max (managed to brakes part of the plug aswell goddamit), but nothing would kick start the fan into action.
The temp gauge doesnt come on even after say a 15 minute run, not even off the bottom bar. Do these engines take a long time to warm up?
However if you do lots of little trips, within about 30 mins the gauge wrosk fine and goes all the way to the top of the norma (the very top of the normal )
However the cooling fan doesnt kick in which worrys me a lot. Are there any test i can do to check the cooling fan DOES work?
I read in hayned you can short a plug and the fan should kick into life, but it doesnt show where that plug is, is it on the ver side of the radiator?.
Any help would be much appreicated. I dont want an overheated car with a failed head gasket on my hands.
Is it a renault job to sort it out. I would prefer to do it asap.
Ive shorted the rad plug, didnt do anything, and one of the plugs on the thermostat (temp sender), which made the temp gauge shoot upto max (managed to brakes part of the plug aswell goddamit), but nothing would kick start the fan into action.