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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: vwjack on 29 May 2014, 22:05

Title: cooling fan!
Post by: vwjack on 29 May 2014, 22:05

is it normal to drive the car 2 miles tops and the cooling fan is on. AC is on.

Title: Re: cooling fan!
Post by: itavaltalainen on 29 May 2014, 22:09

depends.... AC can trigger cooling fan to run, engine could be in active regen (if it's a tractor), sure there is a number of other perfectly normal things that can cause fan to come on

Title: Re: cooling fan!
Post by: vwjack on 29 May 2014, 22:12

yeah its a diesel. i dont even think the engine gets warm.

Title: Re: cooling fan!
Post by: Jimble on 29 May 2014, 23:25

Quote from: vwjack on 29 May 2014, 22:12

yeah its a diesel. i dont even think the engine gets warm.

It'll be doing a regen mate, if you do a lot of short journey's you'll notice it does that a lot, you need to stretch it legs now and again otherwise you might end up with DPF issues in the future.

Title: Re: cooling fan!
Post by: mcmaddy on 30 May 2014, 07:23

I drive my gtd 3 miles to work and back again on a night and don't get any extra regens. It does go further afield for other non work journeys so as long as it gets a good run out you won't have any issues with dpf's unlike previous diesels.

Title: Re: cooling fan!
Post by: vwjack on 30 May 2014, 13:36

Cheers fella's! I'd normally worry when the old jetta did it.