doing it by the book..

  1. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1
    #1
    evening all, just finished changing head gasket and few other bits n bobs -following the haynes manual word for word type thing! (it is the first work ive ever done on it so wanted to do a propper job ! ) only regret ; being a tight arse and not forkng out for an angle measuring guage thing for the head bolts and using a protractor for a guestimated 2nd and 3rd stage tighten on the cylinder head bolts and now just worrying that i wasnt accuarate enough with it : oh well not a lot i can do now

    enough of the blabbering on anyway.. my question is, just filled the coolant up as described in haynes, bleeding it - radiator,thermostat and heating gallery piping or what ever you call it, and then got it running and eventualy got all the air out ( i think) blowing hot air in car n all that. but it says something in the haynes manual about the radiator fan kicking in and ut 3 times or something ???? mine didnt ? is this an issue or not ? cheers
  2. Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Birmingham Posts: 1557 Furio, 306Hdi, Astra 1.9cdti
    #2
    Start the car hold revs about 3k till fan kicks in just above half way.
    let revs off car should settle and turn fan off then hold at 3k again and so on.
  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
    #3
    Yeah you do have to wait quite a while for it to start kicking in i remember changing the coolant think i was waiting a good 20mins + for the fan to kick in on idle i guess revving could speed it up as mentioned though
  4. Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d
    #4
    my fan never did and not had any overheating issues. allways blows hot air. to the point it's cooking your face.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.
    #5
    ^^ Same as above i dont wait for the fan.