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Sorry if this is a silly question but on my kv6, and with this very hot weather should the fan keep going after the engine has been switched off.
It does feel uncomfortable that the temp when the engine is switched of at 100c plus and will sit there rather than the fan continue to curclurate the coolant to a much more acceptable temp. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk
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Whilst you're there, can you see a rectangular silver resistor on the fan shrouding at about the two o'clock position? Charlie, you must take action immediately on this. Your engine is getting too hot. Please report back. Simon
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It's caused by heat soak. When the engine's very hot and you turn it off, the head/block contains a lot of residual heat that can cause stagnant coolant to boil in the head. The resultant pressurisation will cause discharge through the header tank cap. To compensate, the cooling system is designed to run the radiator fan for up to ten minutes without the ignition. This chart gives all the parameters.
Note that this data is for the earlier 3-speed fan system. The later 2-speed does similar things. TC Last edited by T-Cut; 24th July 2019 at 19:02.. |
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So as you can see from that chart Charlie, your coolant is reaching 115 degrees which is much too hot. It suggests that your fan's low speed has failed hence the tests I've suggested. I look forward to your response.
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You're not reading the table correctly. The condition for the Heat Soak regime (the 10 minute fan) requires the engine to be switched off. With the engine running, as you describe, the other four conditions apply. In this case (at 115C), the fourth condition (fast speed) would be invoked. TC Last edited by T-Cut; 24th July 2019 at 19:12.. |
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