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tazpot · 28-07-2008

Hi all

My situation is this:

The other day coming home from work my 156 cut out at a junction

, all electrics seemed ok but the car would not start (like it was out of juice but it had plenty). Orange engine icon in top right of rev counter has appeared

The day was warm and i had been stuck in a bit of traffic so i popped the bonnet and noticed that the engine was mad hot yet the cooling fan was not on, i jumped back in the car and fair enough the temp dial was way over the 100 mark.

Details:

Fan does not come on at all (high or low)
Rad condition - fair with plenty of water and no leaks
Resistor shorted out but it didn't help
Unplugged the thermostat temp lead - fan came on but temp dial stopped working (fan obviously OK then)

With the thermostat temp lead unplugged the temp remains around 70deg after a 20mile trip in hot weather so i guess the pump and rad etc are OK. (orange engine icon still there though)

Any ideas folks?

28-07-2008	#33 (Post Link)
tazpot Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3 Member car: alfa 156	Re: Radiator fans don't come on Hi all My situation is this: The other day coming home from work my 156 cut out at a junction , all electrics seemed ok but the car would not start (like it was out of juice but it had plenty). Orange engine icon in top right of rev counter has appeared The day was warm and i had been stuck in a bit of traffic so i popped the bonnet and noticed that the engine was mad hot yet the cooling fan was not on, i jumped back in the car and fair enough the temp dial was way over the 100 mark. Details: Fan does not come on at all (high or low) Rad condition - fair with plenty of water and no leaks Resistor shorted out but it didn't help Unplugged the thermostat temp lead - fan came on but temp dial stopped working (fan obviously OK then) With the thermostat temp lead unplugged the temp remains around 70deg after a 20mile trip in hot weather so i guess the pump and rad etc are OK. (orange engine icon still there though) Any ideas folks? If there is no such thing as a stupid question, what kind of questions do stupid people ask?