Lights and fan problems T350 2004 model
Discussion
Hi Guys!
I have just bought a TVR T350 and brought it from Germany to Norway. The car has not been used for a couple of years and there are a couple of things I hope someone can help me in the right direction with.
I have searched a little around this forum and in general on the net but not found anything similar and I have no idea what car to relate the problem other than the Tamora, Sagaris and the T350 as they are as I understand very similar in their build except exterior. Since there are only a handful of TVR's over here there are not any specialist workshops with knowledge to TVR.
Firstly the lights.
I have no driving lights at the front, only the parking lights. The rear works, brake light, reverse and driving lights but turning the switch to it different positions nothing happens other than the green led lights on the switch lights up correctly and changes accordingly to the position I turn the knob to. The high beam works but only when you pull and hold the lever but it does not “click” over to stay at high beam when you release it.
I have checked the fuses, switched position on the relay with another one that looked to have the same function with nothing happening.
Any ideas?
Fans
Only one of the fans start when the watertemp gets high, as a result its running a little warmer than I like.
Are they meant to start at the same time or are they set to start at different temperatures?
All help is appreciated from here up north, there are only a handful TVR’s up here and most of them are older models. Im now one week into my first TVR ownership (its my 40th birthday present to myself) and im keen to use it a little before the arrival of snow and salt on our roads
I have just bought a TVR T350 and brought it from Germany to Norway. The car has not been used for a couple of years and there are a couple of things I hope someone can help me in the right direction with.
I have searched a little around this forum and in general on the net but not found anything similar and I have no idea what car to relate the problem other than the Tamora, Sagaris and the T350 as they are as I understand very similar in their build except exterior. Since there are only a handful of TVR's over here there are not any specialist workshops with knowledge to TVR.
Firstly the lights.
I have no driving lights at the front, only the parking lights. The rear works, brake light, reverse and driving lights but turning the switch to it different positions nothing happens other than the green led lights on the switch lights up correctly and changes accordingly to the position I turn the knob to. The high beam works but only when you pull and hold the lever but it does not “click” over to stay at high beam when you release it.
I have checked the fuses, switched position on the relay with another one that looked to have the same function with nothing happening.
Any ideas?
Fans
Only one of the fans start when the watertemp gets high, as a result its running a little warmer than I like.
Are they meant to start at the same time or are they set to start at different temperatures?
All help is appreciated from here up north, there are only a handful TVR’s up here and most of them are older models. Im now one week into my first TVR ownership (its my 40th birthday present to myself) and im keen to use it a little before the arrival of snow and salt on our roads
KillerJim said:
Normally only one fan will run, unless it's very hot in there and then both will kick in. What does the (inaccurate) dash say the water temperature is?
I dont know yet, the previous owner just told me he thought the car was running too hot and noticed only one fan was running. He did not know much about cars or TVR. He recommended me not to drive it before this was sorted. I got the car on a trailer from Berlin to Norway. What temperatures should the fans kick in? As I said the car has been sitting for a while I want to take a service on it before I use it. Waiting for some parts from TVR Parts due here on Wednesday.
Edited by norsetvr on Monday 21st September 09:47
This is the car in question
Its chassis number SDLFB17A43B001395 and i think the British plate was 9X04NZA
Regarding my problems i cleaned the electrical contacts for the fans and they both are running now. I will buy a new thermostat opening at a 74 degrees and temp sensor + data cable to read the proper temps from the ECU to keep me from worrying about the temp.
As for the lights I have not had any time to look at it yet and now the car has been stored away for the winter. I will get to work a little on it over the winter so I will update if I find the solution.
As this is a low volume sports car build in a shed there will always be some small issues occurring When I took it to the storage the door opening button inside stopped working, outside under the mirror works fine.. more to work on
Its chassis number SDLFB17A43B001395 and i think the British plate was 9X04NZA
Regarding my problems i cleaned the electrical contacts for the fans and they both are running now. I will buy a new thermostat opening at a 74 degrees and temp sensor + data cable to read the proper temps from the ECU to keep me from worrying about the temp.
As for the lights I have not had any time to look at it yet and now the car has been stored away for the winter. I will get to work a little on it over the winter so I will update if I find the solution.
As this is a low volume sports car build in a shed there will always be some small issues occurring When I took it to the storage the door opening button inside stopped working, outside under the mirror works fine.. more to work on
I have not been able to look at the lights problem yet as the car is in winter storage with limitid access but spring is looming and hopefully soon i can start tracing the problem. Appreciate all the ideas that come up in this thread, will go through one by one when i get the chance to work on the car.
Ok guys, finally the gremlin was found.. well actually a few gremlins.. I hate it when threads just stop without solutions and I just remembered I started this thread so its time to finish it.
The fault seemed to be two parted (not to bad for a TVR I recon, haha), firstly my fuse box have seen some moisture, did see this when I got it out (impossible to see with the box in car if your not a contortionist) . Pulled out all the fuses to see that some of the terminals had corroded a little and measured the current though the light fuse to be far to low. Easy swap and a part to get second hand as it’s a Porsche 993 part. This did not get my lights back so I bought a spice and relay board from Ebay but this did not help either. After this I gave up and the car was just sitting in the garage due to baby and 3 year old taking all time. In May I delivered the car to Artlane in Sweden (official TVR partner) and they found also out that the circuit board behind instrument POD also was defect. So it was sent to Paul Smith for repair and as of this moment being refitted.
So with light problems my suggestion is check you fuse box and POD circuit board(deep behind the dash, just follow the ribbon cable)
The fault seemed to be two parted (not to bad for a TVR I recon, haha), firstly my fuse box have seen some moisture, did see this when I got it out (impossible to see with the box in car if your not a contortionist) . Pulled out all the fuses to see that some of the terminals had corroded a little and measured the current though the light fuse to be far to low. Easy swap and a part to get second hand as it’s a Porsche 993 part. This did not get my lights back so I bought a spice and relay board from Ebay but this did not help either. After this I gave up and the car was just sitting in the garage due to baby and 3 year old taking all time. In May I delivered the car to Artlane in Sweden (official TVR partner) and they found also out that the circuit board behind instrument POD also was defect. So it was sent to Paul Smith for repair and as of this moment being refitted.
So with light problems my suggestion is check you fuse box and POD circuit board(deep behind the dash, just follow the ribbon cable)
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