I've got a van. Drives perfectly. Can drive on the flat, temperature gauge never moves. Drive up a hill, temperature gauge rises. I've had my mechanic replace the "viscous fan" I still have the same problem. Could the replacement viscous fan be faulty! When should I hear the viscous fan kick in! Cheers Smithy.
fordkiwi27,
Mar 26, 6:38am
what van,year and motor.
fordkiwi27,
Mar 26, 6:40am
smithy! tim c. take it to eddie at all fleetin wingate.
thunderbolt,
Mar 26, 6:40am
I would be pulling the radiator out and getting it stripped and cleaned.
fordkiwi27,
Mar 26, 6:41am
that van goes good normally!could be thermostat or a gunged up radiator
qtwend,
Mar 26, 6:43am
Hi JC!!991 Toyota HiAce. I've had it for ten years. Drives like a dream. Radiators been flushed.
qtwend,
Mar 26, 6:44am
Thermostat was changed today. Radiator was flushed today.
saffa2,
Mar 26, 6:46am
Stay away from hills.
franc123,
Mar 26, 6:47am
Flushed as in removed from the vehicle and sent to a specialist!
qtwend,
Mar 26, 6:49am
Thanks for the advice.
fordkiwi27,
Mar 26, 6:50am
hey mate, go and see eddie. radiator might need a rod or at the worst a rebuild. $400ish at petone radiators. hope its not a cracked head! its the 3litre 5l motor in it eh.
qtwend,
Mar 26, 6:50am
No. Hose connected and flushed "this way & that way"
qtwend,
Mar 26, 6:54am
Hi Tim. Yeah I deal with Al at Petone Radiators. I've had this problem for a little while, hence why I got the viscous fan replaced. (I drive to Hastings monthly in it. As long as I go via the Levin direction, no movement in the temperature gauge. There and back) I'm not using any water, hence I don't think it's a cracked head. It's bloody annoying.
henderson_guy,
Mar 26, 6:55am
You would be better suited to see a radiator specialist, have the radiator removed, rodded out, and refitted. was around the $15o mark last time I priced it. Flushing with a hose won't do squat.
fordkiwi27,
Mar 26, 6:57am
yep al would be the man to see.
xs1100,
Mar 26, 7:15am
getting it rodded best bet but ask for quote first some times its just as cheap to replace radiator (as told by a radiator specialist the other day)
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