cooling fan thermostat

thanuttiscotsman · Post by **thanuttiscotsman** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:47 am

hi there folks,
i know many of you have changed the thermostat thing on your cars that tells the fan to come on at a certain temperature. i know many of you have fitted diesel ones so your fan comes on at a lower temp and its a mod i want to do aswell. now i was at scrappers yesterday and grabbed what i think is the right thing from a xantia diesel or may have been a td. is it the greish coloured cylindrical thing that sits pretty close to the fan/s themselves? if so cool!

cheers rossco

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:22 am

The fan switch is on the bottom of the drivers side next to the radiator, it has 3 connectors coming out of it, a diesle bx one is the one I use, there about £5 or so, You will need a big spanners or long reach socket,

thanuttiscotsman · Post by **thanuttiscotsman** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:36 pm

cheers tim,
that sounds like what i picked up at the scrappers

it has 3 pin brown connector 3 wires and is a cylinder about 2.5 inches in length. but can anyone slap up a pic so i can be sure that im not just changing the wrong part or does it just sound right..

cheers rossco

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:53 pm

that sounds like the one rossco. dont thnk it could be anything else.

martyn · Post by **martyn** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:53 pm

I always thought this was the temp switch, screws into the bottom of the rad on the drivers side.
Mines a twin fan aircon setup so it may be different.

Martyn

thanuttiscotsman · Post by **thanuttiscotsman** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:58 pm

hi martin,
that is completely different from the bit i have!

but my car dont have aircon!! im sure someone with a non aircon car will have a pic somewhere.????

cheers rossco

jayw · Post by **jayw** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:43 pm

Rossco,

Is the one you've got Silver, just under an inch wide & 2 inces long (ooer...

) & usually located right near the fan at the front? If so, it's not the switch but i think it's the relay that operates fan speed (stages 1 & 2).

The temp switch is located where already mentioned.

Jay.

thanuttiscotsman · Post by **thanuttiscotsman** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:38 pm

hi there,
aha i have the wrong bit!! i will pick up the other next time im out there.

cheers rossco

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:31 am

My cars aircon and has the same thremoswitch as pictured.

thanuttiscotsman · Post by **thanuttiscotsman** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:43 pm

hi tim,
i suspect these switches will be the same whether air-con or not as i think but could be wrong in thinking the rads would still be the same aircon or not but im sure someone can confirm this. also does anyone know if xantia or maybe zx switches are the same. i think they will be as they are from a similar age.???

cheers rossco

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:23 pm

16v rads are the same on all models afaik, the aircon has another one in front of it for the aircon system

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cooling fan thermostat

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