Hi,
fuse?? ok you win.... can't think why there would be a fuse connected with/to the thermostat, and certainly no mention in haynes re all models bar 20v, but i am willing to be enlightened
Symptom... Engine temp gauge takes forever to reach "normal" except on really hot summer days or sitting in traffic. In the winter.... brrrrrrr lucky if it moves.
As a result seems like little heat getting through heater matrix (mine is non-air-con) If i let it idle long enough it gets to norm and the radiator fan kicks in.
I can see coolant circulating into top of coolant reservoir so don't suspect blockage. Seems to be the opposite of the problem described of the redlining temp gauge elsewhere here.
Could it be thermostat is sticking open? And if so how do i get to it, where is that pesky lump of springloaded wax?
My first car, Mazda 929 coupe, was such a delight to take apart and thermo could be taken out tested and refitted in less time it takes to make a cup of tea. this beast....good grief....
The reason i ask about the steering pump and co, is i am trying to get to the wallet attack inducing heart attack that is the nasty grinding scraping noise that i can now hear since i got a new front pipe... with the intresting flexi bit where it joins the middle section. ?(a result no doubt of the high failure rate, mine included of those that failed just as they met the clamp due to lack of flex/support revealing a novel double skinned approach)
i have listened with a length of aluminum pipe and the noisiest part is the alternator so hopefully a bearing and not the cams but as it's attached to the steering pump..... gulp....
I am tempted to just bin it and walk away and buy something cheap as chips but i hate squandering money and love my quirky italian too much to give in
if only there was a good and not too expensive mechanic in scotland....
slainte <{iii}