Hi guys,
Ive had my punto for a good 2/3 months and so far been a trouble free 2k miles in her. Tuesday evening had to drive myself to hospital in it on the way there the red overheating light came on (the dont have a temp gauge).
Ive been down to see my mechanic yesterday and we have taken the thermostat off and tested that, it opens and closes fine, the water pump is all good an working, so we have put everything back together and re filled with summer coolant, bled the system (no air locks) and left it running for a while.
Sadly the radiator fan just doesn't kick in so heres the problem.
We have taken this off and tested it on a battery, it spins fine but only when we unplug the fan loom and connect a positive/negative feed directly to the motor on the fan. now we have 2 plugs one connects to the engine loom (checked the fuse too thats fine) and the other plug connects to the radiator and what I would presume is the water temp sensor.
Now is it the Fan? water temp sensor? why would the fan not kick in?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have tried your search function but found generic overheating threads. so all help appreciated.
Ive had my punto for a good 2/3 months and so far been a trouble free 2k miles in her. Tuesday evening had to drive myself to hospital in it on the way there the red overheating light came on (the dont have a temp gauge).
Ive been down to see my mechanic yesterday and we have taken the thermostat off and tested that, it opens and closes fine, the water pump is all good an working, so we have put everything back together and re filled with summer coolant, bled the system (no air locks) and left it running for a while.
Sadly the radiator fan just doesn't kick in so heres the problem.
We have taken this off and tested it on a battery, it spins fine but only when we unplug the fan loom and connect a positive/negative feed directly to the motor on the fan. now we have 2 plugs one connects to the engine loom (checked the fuse too thats fine) and the other plug connects to the radiator and what I would presume is the water temp sensor.
Now is it the Fan? water temp sensor? why would the fan not kick in?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have tried your search function but found generic overheating threads. so all help appreciated.