getting hot

[Williamspaul]

right guys I'm getting pretty hot in my engine bay at least the dash says I am not over heating but still getting hot I'm running a megane rad and fan cuts in seems the faster I go the hotter it gets no way I could do a track day what soloutions have people found ?

 

[Sean197]

@Pav had the same issue, as did Litchy's old yellow heap. Turned out the fan was fitted the wrong way round in both cases.
Mine never ran over 92degrees, and that's with a Clio radiator and fan.

 

[Pav]

Exactly this
Make sure they're no leaks either..air in the system etc..check on the thermostat too
I also removed the rubber seal between your bonnet and scuttle panel..helps to get the hot air out...

 

[Williamspaul]

I don't think my fan could be the wrong way round as its never been removed from the rad

its the megane fan I'm using too if that's wrong ?

 

[Williamspaul]

mine was fine before with the clio rad and fan since ive fitted the new rad/fan its been getting hot

 

[youngarthur]

Are you quite sure its been bled properly, and Sean, its young Arthurs yellow heap if you don't mind!.

 

[Chris]

Haha take a seat @Sean197

 

[Williamspaul]

pretty sure its bled properly never had any trouble before these are pretty much self bleeding anyway

I looked at the fan yesterday I think its pushing air through the rad not drawing it through into the bay (ill double check this later ) not really sure how it could be wrong tho :/ as I had a whole megane for breaking recently and I literally lifted the whole rad and fan setup out of the meg and placed it into the clio without ever removing the fan off the rad

 

[Pav]

my mechanic didnt physically take the fan out..just messed about with the wires..changed polarity or something like that..

 

[Williamspaul]

think my fans spininning the wrong way

 

[Pav]

Easy fix...you will be surprised how it affects the overall temperature..

 

[Williamspaul]

are the wires round the wrong way then ?

 

[Northloopcup]

are the wires round the wrong way then ?

If the fan is spinning the wrong way, you just need to change the wires over in the plug. This will change the polarity and make the fan spin the correct way.

 

[Pav]

If the fan is spinning the wrong way, you just need to change the wires over in the plug. This will change the polarity and make the fan spin the correct way.

yeah thats it..thanks

 

[Williamspaul]

Its deffinatley spinning the wrong way ill have to swap the wires hopefully that's problem solved

 

[Pav]

Its deffinatley spinning the wrong way ill have to swap the wires hopefully that's problem solved

it will solve the problem..been there too..scared me on the way from blackpool on a hot day

 

[Williamspaul]

its never got hot enough to scare me but definatly enough so I knew something wasn't right