derick-sport
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corsa seems to be running at about 100 degrees at the moment, fan doesnt kick in till its nearly at the red!!  car has had new thermostat and water pump and coolant change so im a bit fuzzled on why it is doing this as it cant be doing it any good when sat in traffic.
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Eddx14xe
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Air lock?
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derick-sport
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have no idea mate how would i check for an air lock pal?
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Scotty C
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Take the lid of the expansion tank and run until hot. Also put heaters on flat out. This will remove any air locks.
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AlexW
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what engine?
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derick-sport
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Its an x16xe mate w reg
thanks scotty
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Jed D
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i got same engine pal, my fan doesnt kick in at all, its had:-
new rad
new fan switch (gm)
coolant
fan tested and ok
wiring checked with multimeter twice
fuse checked 10 times...
when it gets too hot i just put my blowers on full wack to draw some heat away from it. ne good when your in traffic on a hot day as the car becomes a swett box
im waiting for a new temp switch that goes on the thermostat housing, hopefully that'll do the job
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Darryl H
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JedDy have you done a thermostat? as mine went up to 100 and came back down after as the thermostat was opening at high temps.
Derick as said you might have an air lock, if not maybe try a new fan switch incase yours is dodgy 
EDIT: or just wire up a switch to your fan so that you can control when it comes on 
[Edited on 12-04-2011 by Darryl H]
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AlexW
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Right, Dont bother putting the heater on, run it up with the cap off, get it about 98/100 or whatever (Beware of it boiling coolant), turn it off, let it cool down and then put the cap on, and run it up again, Fan should kick in.
I had the same issue, it just gets a air lock and it wont move the normal way.
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AlexW
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quote:
Originally posted by JedDy
im waiting for a new temp switch that goes on the thermostat housing, hopefully that'll do the job
Neither of the two sensors on the thermostat housing is a switch, one is for the gauge, other is for the ECU, Won't help at all.
Do as i said in previous post.
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derick-sport
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Thanks for replys will do this and report back
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