Fans not working

[brakedust]

Was out today in the good weather and my temp guage went up and the fans didnt kick in, I've not looked into it yet, but anyone got any pointers on where to start?

[SimonKD]

Hi Brett

The fans are turned on & off by the ECU. The temperature sensor for the ECU is underneath the F1 panel on the passenger side in one of the water lines. The terminals and plug of this sensor can become corroded. Remove the F1 panel and sensor plug and scrape the terminals of the sensor clean, this is a bit awkward. Check the plug connections too and clean if necessary. finally spray with WD40 or the like and refit plug. It is possible of course that your temperature sender has failed or you have a wiring problem.
Hope it's just dirty sender connections.

Regards
Simon

[longbow]

Also check that the relays in the boot are clicking on as they should - I replaced both of mine recently as one was sticking shut.

[brakedust]

Cheers guys, will look into both these later