[V6-12v] Radiator Fans not switching in correctly...

[Austin Franklin]

Hum...that hasn't been my experience.  If you shake it, and it doesn't
rattle...it's not working.  That was the state mine was in, and replacing it
with a new one (and the new one rattled) solved the problem.  So, I'd say,
if it doesn't rattle...the odds are it's bad.

Regards,

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v6-12v-bounces at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of The CyberPoet
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:18 PM
> To: James Whitehouse
> Cc: 12V List
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Radiator Fans not switching in correctly...
>
>
> You can't tell by simply rattling it. You could tell by pressurizing
> it, but the only easy way to do that (that I know of) is to overheat
> the car, which is definitely not something you want to do if the cap
> has failed!
>
> Cheers
> =-= Marc
>
> On Sep 6, 2006, at 7:02 PM, James Whitehouse wrote:
>
> > Hi Austin,
> >
> > Thanks, the car has been very slow getting up to temp in the last few
> > months, so I wonder if that could be a potential problem. I had
> > just thought
> > the thermostat was getting dodgy, but perhaps the thermostat is a more
> > recent problem that's stuck closed and now causing the overheating!
> >
> > Is there any way, short of replacing it, to tell whether the
> > coolant cap is
> > faulty? For example, should it rattle/not rattle if you shake it,
> > etc?!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > James
>
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