can anyone help.......fairly urgent....

[BlackVr6ix]

just an uneducated guess

[pommy_golfer]

blackvr6, could it be the fan switch relay. ive changed the fan switch on the radiator a couple of weeks ago, sometimes the fan comes on and sometimes it doesnt....most of the time it is fine,but sometimes the temp needle creeps up to 110 (like it did yesterday and it overheated)...the fan should have kicked in but didnt im assuming....they were stuck in traffic and were not moving......

[BlackVr6ix]

in terms of the fans not coming on, yeah i think i have the same problem as some days the fan runs on, and others when the car is much hotter i get nothing...


i'm going to try and get a look this weekend if i have time.

[pommy_golfer]

Just spoke to vw and the relay and the guy wasnt sure which one it could be. he said that it was going to cost 200 and something bucks?!!

do you rememeber which relay you changed? sometimes even when the car is hot and i turn her off, i wait to hear the fan but very rarely do i hear it after ive stopped.

what does it mean when the water/steam comes out from the valve on the expansion tank?

[BlackVr6ix]

for $200 i'd rather bypass the factory setup and get a individual controller.

will report back when i know more.

[pommy_golfer]

Thank you. Im looking into it too....

[peedman]

Ive never seen my fan turned once ive turned the ignition off and it has never overheated. I would make sure that it is definately the fans so u dont pay to get it fixed and it ends up being something else.

A good radiator flush wouldnt hurt, when was the last time it was done?

[pommy_golfer]

i flushed the whole system with degreaser as i had some gunk in there when the oil cooler went on the previous owner. i even tool the radiator out to clean it.

is there a temperature sender or is that just another name for the fan switch on the radiator....

going to pick up the car tonight from girlfriends sisters place....and im gonna check it out....

[runamuk]

are you still having issues with the rear window?

one of mine is jammed up due to the regulator dying, to get the window up, get some pliers and a chamois, place the chamois over the glass to protect it and pull the window up and jam it with some rubber wedges.

its about $150 or so for a new regulator.

[jonesyGT]

I changed my water pump over the weekend that could be the cause of it!

Hey MK3

When you changed your water pump, how did you get the old one out?

I need to change mine as the seal is leaking but can see what i need to do to remove it
Everyone is saying drop the motor but how?
Also do new waterpumps come with the pulley & if not are they difficult to remove

Cheers
Mark