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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: 17gti on 17 March 2005, 15:52
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hi today i started my car today as normal and drove the car for about 10 mins and then the fan kicked in so i parked the car and the fan was still going ive just came out of my house after 4 hours of leaving the car and the fan is still going what can it be i pulled the fuse out and it stoped then put the fuse back in and it stayed of so i was wondering what couled it be to make the fan stay on like that
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sounds like the thermostat has gone
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what els can it be if its no the thermosate as i dident have the fan thing yesterday
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Thermostat could have just gone today, maybe it's stuck, it's only a cheap part anyway, not more than ?12 from ECP. :smiley:
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Doubt its the thermostat, sounds like the radiator fan switch to me!
P.S. A genuine thermostat & seal is about ?13 from VW, so don't bother buying one from ECP ;)
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were is the fan switch on the car has anyone got any pics of the switch as there are a couple of plugs going to the fan and is there any fuses under the bonnet for the fan thanks
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Its screwed directly into the bottom of the radiator on the passenger side, you cant miss it :)
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ok ill check that then. and one more thing theres to switches on a hose that goes into the engine block i think there for the temp gauge and dial one of them had to come of as the bloke that had it befour had done somethink to it and it was broke i was wondering if the temp gauge dont work will the fan no when to go on as that might be the problem thanks for your posts
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The rad fan is completely seperate to either of the sensors in that flange so no worries there. One of them should be for the dash gauge and another is for the ECU if you have a digifant engine.
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i was wondering how could i check if the fan switch is working right and i dont no if mines a digifan engine mines the 1990 mk2 golf gti 1.8 8v if that helps thanks
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^^ yeah yours will be a digifant. you can short out the switch by jamming a paperclip in it, can't remember exactly how but i did it as a quick get me home fix when mine went tits up. but they only cost a few quid anyway.
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what do you mean how does the paper clip thing work my fan today whent of when it was hot and then i relised that it dident got of aftrer i cam back 5 hours lately
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oh i see what you mean(i think) so your fan doesn't shut off? that sounds like a short somewhere. sorry i thought you meant you wanted to see it was working.
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well it only did it today and when i pulled the fuse out then put it back in the fan dident go of as the egine was not hot or on im gone to see what happens tommorw when i drive it then leave it hopefully its just the once but ill tell you what happens thanks for your post
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Yeah, that sounds like your fan switch is knackered. You could do a com check on it, see at what temperature the switch is closing and then at what temperature it is opening but by the sound of it its not opening anyway so you might as well replace it.
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ok cheers im gone to get a new fan switch that mite do the trick can you only get the switches from vw or can you get them anywere and whats the rough price on one of them thanks
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Just looked at GSF car parts. They can do it for less than a fiver. Eurocarparts will be the same so you could try Stuart.
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sorry about adding this problem on here when i reverse it makes a noise if the reverse gear going and what noise would it make if it was going can anyone help