Twilight Johnny Atom
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I posted this elsewhere and got virtually no response so I hope nobody minds if I make it in to a new thread. The car overheated the other day and I suspected it was because the fan wasn't cutting in as it had done the same once before.
I checked the fuse in the fuse box by the battery first and was surprised to find there was no 30amp fuse for the fan, and that even if there had been it would only connect to something on one side of the fuse lugs - nothing at all on the other side. That can't be right, surely?
That probably doesn't make sense so I've taken a picture. New 30a fuse in place to show roughly where it would go:
As you can see there is a yellow connector beneath one side of the fuse lug and nothing below the other side. Does anyone know if something has become disconnected or fallen off. Alternatively, is this normal (maybe the 'piggyback' 30a fuse is the fan fuse?) and do I need to change the temperature sensor or fan relay? If so, Fiat part numbers would be handy if anyone's got them.
I've refilled and bled the cooling system and it is actually cooling pretty well but I'd like to get to the bottom of this at the weekend.
I checked the fuse in the fuse box by the battery first and was surprised to find there was no 30amp fuse for the fan, and that even if there had been it would only connect to something on one side of the fuse lugs - nothing at all on the other side. That can't be right, surely?
That probably doesn't make sense so I've taken a picture. New 30a fuse in place to show roughly where it would go:
As you can see there is a yellow connector beneath one side of the fuse lug and nothing below the other side. Does anyone know if something has become disconnected or fallen off. Alternatively, is this normal (maybe the 'piggyback' 30a fuse is the fan fuse?) and do I need to change the temperature sensor or fan relay? If so, Fiat part numbers would be handy if anyone's got them.
I've refilled and bled the cooling system and it is actually cooling pretty well but I'd like to get to the bottom of this at the weekend.
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