NUGGET
6th February 2011, 09:54 PM
Hey people just a little bit of your expertise to see if Im heading in the right direction, I replaced the fan clutch without any problems , for anybodys Ref it came out with fan attached just sneaked passed the radiator shroud, thought id give it a go first to see if it would save me some time, got lucky on that one.
Pulled the old thermostat out gave it a rinse and took it inside popped it in a pot of water and on the stove turned it on and watched as the water slowly got hot, the water was nearly boiling before the thermostat started to open, Im not sure if this is even a way of checking to see if it works or not but hey the wife didnt see me in the kitchen. So i filled the pot up with cold water and popped the new thermostat in turned the plate on waited, only had to wait for bubbles to form on the bottom of the pot to see the thermostat start to open. So ive got my new thremo in my new fan on new coolant checked the lot kicked the old girl in the guts, ran it for 15mins seemed to be no dramas turned it off and watched the fan clutch free wheel for 30odd seconds ? The clutch fan locks up after a while, not sure if this is correct as the old one seemed to be semi locked all the time. Taken it for a drive for the best part of an hour but the motor never seemed to get hot enough dosent smell like its hot all seems good on the gauges.
sorry for the drawn out tale, Regards Rob.
Pulled the old thermostat out gave it a rinse and took it inside popped it in a pot of water and on the stove turned it on and watched as the water slowly got hot, the water was nearly boiling before the thermostat started to open, Im not sure if this is even a way of checking to see if it works or not but hey the wife didnt see me in the kitchen. So i filled the pot up with cold water and popped the new thermostat in turned the plate on waited, only had to wait for bubbles to form on the bottom of the pot to see the thermostat start to open. So ive got my new thremo in my new fan on new coolant checked the lot kicked the old girl in the guts, ran it for 15mins seemed to be no dramas turned it off and watched the fan clutch free wheel for 30odd seconds ? The clutch fan locks up after a while, not sure if this is correct as the old one seemed to be semi locked all the time. Taken it for a drive for the best part of an hour but the motor never seemed to get hot enough dosent smell like its hot all seems good on the gauges.
sorry for the drawn out tale, Regards Rob.