Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone could possibly help.
I have a ford mondeo estate ghia tdci 56plate. During the hot spell about 2 weeks ago I noticed the engine temp was in the red on the max so I immediately pulled over to let the car cool down. I was driving around in town moving at average at about 30mph. This happened on about 2 occasions before I decided to take it to my local garage, as I couldn’t see the fan moving.
After a day and a £60 charge he assured me that the fan was running, I couldn’t believe what he told me and took his word that it was until the same problem re occurred. If I’m honest I don’t think they knew what to look for.
I then took it to a friend of a friend who spent two hours trying to sort out what the problem was he works for a main dealer so I think he is quite clued up.
He put a direct feed onto the fan and the fan ran - so it’s not the fan
He also tried some other tests which seemed quite complicated, what we located the problem was down to this grey box to the side of the fan.
I purchased a new one of these online for about £50 and fitted it.
I started up the engine and the fan finally kicked in for the first few times; I tried the a/c and couldn’t see the fan kick in.
From researching online i've noticed that it should kick when the a/c is switched. I have no problem with the a/c when on motorways or driving locally its always okay.
I’ve tried the car a few times since fitting it earlier today and the fan wont kick in at all - within about 5 mins or driving the read out reads at 90. Whether i'm on the motorway or driving locally.
I'm a domestic electrician but when it comes to cars I have no clue. I’ve been researching this and it seems to be a common problem - with most changing the grey box and all is fine.
Could it be the cylinder head temperature sensor?
I really don’t want to take it to ford.
Sorry to be a main but I stumbled across your page and you obviously enjoy cars - more so than me anyhow.
If you could give me a little feedback I’d be grateful
Many thanks.
Greg
Hi,
I'm wondering if you possibly have a spare minute to answer a question that has been bothering me now for almost 2 weeks.
I have a ford mondeo estate ghia tdci 56plate. During the hot spell about 2 weeks ago I noticed the engine temp was in the red on the max so I immediately pulled over to let the car cool down. I was driving around in town moving at average at about 30mph. This happened on about 2 occasions before I decided to take it to my local garage, as I couldn’t see the fan moving.
After a day and a £60 charge he assured me that the fan was running, I couldn’t believe what he told me and took his word that it was until the same problem re occurred. If I’m honest I don’t think they knew what to look for.
I then took it to a friend of a friend who spent two hours trying to sort out what the problem was he works for a Audi main dealer so I think he is quite clued up.
He put a direct feed onto the fan and the fan ran - so it’s not the fan
He also tried some other tests which seemed quite complicated, what we located the problem was down to this grey box to the side of the fan.
The same one in this picture -
http://www.talkford.com/topic/196779...n-not-working/
I purchased a new one of these online for about £50 and fitted it.
I started up the engine and the fan finally kicked in for the first few times; I tried the a/c and couldn’t see the fan kick in. It's now to kicking in at all.
From researching online i've noticed that it should kick when the a/c is switched on. I have no problem with the a/c when on motorways or driving locally its always okay. But still no Fan kicking in.
I’ve tried the car a few times since fitting it earlier today and the fan wont kick in at all - within about 5 mins or driving the read out reads at 90. Whether i'm on the motorway or driving locally. Shouldn't it be about 70?
I'm a domestic electrician but when it comes to cars I have no clue. I’ve been researching this and it seems to be a common problem - with most changing the grey box and all is fine.
Could it be the cylinder head temperature sensor?
I really don’t want to take it to ford.
If you could give me a little feedback I’d be grateful
Many thanks.