Thank you, Tabetha, for your reply. It was very kind of you. The figure you give seems to be around the temperature I have experienced. Mind you, I`ve only driven a few miles in it. The reason I ask is that when I was driving home from shopping I noticed a rather loud noise, which at first I thought it might be the noise from the road via the tyres. It would appear though that it was the fan operating. Now, at this time of the year when it`s freezing I`ve never experienced the fan coming into operation as the freezing cold air hitting the radiator was enough to cool the engine. I`ll keep my eye on the situation and look out for a drivers manual which was not supplied with car. Thanks again, Bob