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I've owned this car for 5 years now and just recently I've noticed a change in my temperature gauge. Last winter, a few minutes into my journey, if I stopped at a traffic light, my gauge would go from...
Engine management light came on recently and I've been quoted £475 for a new cooling fan motor by the main dealer. Is this excessive, bearing in mind they can do it tomorrow and I have a long journey...
I've been driving my 405 GL since its manufacture. It is a model fitted with air-con. Five years ago I was forced to replace the entire engine. Since then I have had problems with the cooling fans. Due...
Sometimes when I start my T-reg Peugeot 306, my fans come on straight away and the stop light comes on as well. If I wait the light goes out and the fans go off, everything runs fine. The temperature is...
My daughter's Ford Ka overheated in a shopping centre yesterday. The AA turned out for her and decided the engine cooling fan was not cutting in. The car got home fine since it wasn't standing in traffic....
I have had an X-reg Citroen Saxo Forte 1.1i for three months and found out that the 30A fuse for the cooling fan had been removed from the fuse box. On replacing the fuse and then switching off the ignition,...
Every time I drive my car I'm driving for no longer than 15 minutes and it starts overheating. I therefore then have to pull over on the side of the road for 20 minutes for it to cool down before I can...
I was driving my car today. I went into town and on returning to my car it wouldn't start, but I have full power to the dash, central locking and lights, so I bump-started it and it started first time....
I’ve had my Ford Puma now for a month and the car overheats. I changed the water pump but it's still doing it, and my fan is not working. Can you help please?
My Vauxhall Astra 2.0 TDi's cooling fan is running all the time.
 

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