Cooling woes

ppyvabw · Post by **ppyvabw** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:42 pm

mmmm, overheated in traffic a moment ago. pulled over as soon as i could, steam....hising etc.... let it cool down for a bit and limped it to a garage. loosened filler nut, tried to let pressure off, then foolishly undid completely, water sprayed out all over neighbouring cars. Very amusing.

Let it cool, filled it up and all seems fine now. Just hope theres no damage.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:29 pm

Why did it overheat?

ppyvabw · Post by **ppyvabw** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:19 pm

I was in a traffic jam. The temperature was rising and tried listening out for the fans but couldnt hear them whilst in the car. Waited until I could pull over so i didnt cause an even bigger traffic jam lol by which team it had started steaming.

I switched off, got out and let it cool. Switched on the ignition and the fans where working. Checked yesterday though and they never started so it seems to be an intermittent fault with the fans and I suspect its the temp switch because by shorting out the contacts they work

kstrutt1 · Post by **kstrutt1** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:43 pm

I would recommend wiring in an manual overide switch and a light to tell you when they are on on the dash board, gives a great deal of peace of mind.

ppyvabw · Post by **ppyvabw** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:15 pm

Thats a very good idea. I might just do that!!