ok, now the cars idling is cured i thought id start a fresh thread for a fresh problem!
note: ive have done away with the swirlpot and fitted a campus matrix to waterpump bleed hose.
also both my stat and fan switch are std temp and my stat has a 3mm hole drilled into it to aid bleeding.
so the problem -
the rad fan does not want to kick in at all.! the temp rises past where the fan should kick in! i shut the engine off before the temp rises too high.!
ive tested the rad fan switch and its working with a multimeter.
the relay is also ok,
the fan works if i bridge the wires,
ive also bled the system.
just to add, the way i bled the system is as follows -
- fill rad up via the top rad hose until full, wait for the coolant to drop and keep on toping the rad up until its full.
- refit top rad hose to water pump.
- fill header tank and blow coolant through the system making sure to keep the header tank topped up, keep blowing the header tank until a constant stream of coolant flows out the highest bleed hose and lock the nipple off while still blowing in the header tank.
- start the car with the header tank cap off.
- fit the header tank cap.
does that sound ok or am i doing something wrong? also to add ive not used the top rad hose bleed nipple yet as i dont know at what point i should do so?? do i even need to as my stat has a hole in it???!!
what else can i look at or do differently?