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bought new fuses for top of battery 2x 30 amp 1x 25 amp so changed all these
bought a tin of industrial grade non residue electrical contact cleaner and sprayed all connectors concerned
re- bled coolant system just incase any air trapped
removed and dismantled the fan control...
ok here is the update it stayed dry here today so went to investigate , I pulled the fuse on top of battery the one on the right hand side 25 amp , the spades were absolutely manked up with dirt so cleaned them with some wet n dry , did the same for fuse no16 in the dash its a 10 amp job ...
will investigate on next dry day strangely enough i listened for the water pump tonight after a short journey but couldnt hear it , but ive deffo heard it before cos i had a good look around to see what was making the noise and its a cylinder attched to the top left of the rad looking into the...
thats great info m8 ill deffo give that a try as soon as the weather lets up, when you changed the fuse did your rad fan then kick in at a lower temp ?
ive allready priced the fan cut in switch and temp sensor circa £60 for both so heres hoping its the fuse , I do hear my electric water pump...
Hi m8 thanks for that info , ive also been having problems with the rad fan not cutting in on time and temp kreeping up to 110 deg on the dash b4 it switches on and thats after ive just changed the stat and coolant , I was suspecting the fan cut in switch and or temp sensor on that ground but...
this will be my 8th Audi /vw car last car was a 520 bm inbetween ive had 3 bmw cpl of fords and cpl of vauxhalls in the early days i may add ,oh and a cpl of volvos unfortunately the amount of probs ive had too put right with the S3 reminds me why i switched to BMW in the first place , having...
thats very helpfull Staz unfortunately no one in my area how much are these kits to buy is there a mini version for home owners ? also read that it depends what cable you have whether you can do a proper diagnosis , my m8 who has been doing my service has some sort of unit which plugs in and has...
havent looked in at the fuses yet Staz just had the car a few weeks , however after my recent stat and coolant fluid change i discovered my rad fan cuts in too late close too 110 deg so looking at changing the temp sensor and fan switch , does the temp sensor have any connection with the ac...
Hi folks having read the aircon faq post i decided to go out and check if my air con fan works , outside temp was an indicated +6.5c set the temp to low I then switched the econ button so that the light went off none of my rad fans were spinning where should i start looking for the prob ...
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