Thread: Fan

**vaderboyo** · Tuesday 7th August 2012, 22:39

went out tonight and gave the awd a good thrashing down the a55 just for 15mins. parked up and the fan stayed on for about 5 mins....thermostat is ok and water coolant levels fine. just thinking is this normal and do these engines run very hot?

cheers

**LiamT4** · Tuesday 7th August 2012, 22:48

If the engine is very hot, then the fan can come on for a while even though the engine is off. If you do go out for a good drive try to drive slowly for a few minutes before you park up and then give it a couple of mins to cool down before you turn the engine off.

Remember that turbos can get very hot.

**M-R-P** · Tuesday 7th August 2012, 22:58

The fan being on can also be a sign of there being a problem of some sort and the ecu doing what it can to protect the engine. See if you can get the codes read, incase there was a problem at some point during your "spirited" drive.

**Dangerous Dave** · Tuesday 7th August 2012, 23:15

Is the temperature gauge reading normal (usually about 3 o clock on the gauge)?

**vaderboyo** · Wednesday 8th August 2012, 00:32

yes guage sits at 3pm most of the time...sometimes dips a bit but only on very long journeys...2hrs plus..

**Dangerous Dave** · Wednesday 8th August 2012, 00:51

Really it shouldn't dip, don't think mine ever has on long journeys, only when I had a thermostat and temperature sender problem did the gauge move about.

There could be a problem somewhere then. I've never had the fans stop on after I've really caned it, not even when my gasket had gone and then expansion tank was whistling.