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Jonnycab
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Cooling fan temp sender
« on: Mar 28th, 2006, 12:11am » |
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My cooling fan temp sender & housing has just popped out and with it most of my coolant. The housing is hexagonal but does not screw in, it just seems to fit into a hexagonal hole in the manifold. How is it supposed to stay in? It looks as though it had come out before as there was a load of what looks like isopon holding it in.
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Jonnycab
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Re: Cooling fan temp sender
« Reply #1 on: Mar 28th, 2006, 10:38pm » |
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Had a look at it today. The hexagonal hole in the plastic manifold has a split on one edge...hence the housing (hexagonal brass fitting) didn't fit flush & had been isoponed in by previous owner (West Ham United F.C. (budget premiership team),).
Rather than pay out for a replacement manifold I managed to patch it up with steel putty & now it seems to be holding firm. So everything okay for now, but if it pops out again...does anyone know how much a second hand manifold is?
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Re: Cooling fan temp sender
« Reply #2 on: Mar 28th, 2006, 10:50pm » |
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Be careful - don't forget the cooling system is pressurised (the pressure increases with temperature) and unless the repair is strong enough to withstand both then it will almost certainly fail again (anti-freeze has a 'searching' action for leaks, etc).
Something you may want to consider - assuming you can get to the inside of the manifold (I haven't seen one) - is those large repair washer type things from a plumbers merchant, as featured on toilet cisterns. You would put one either side of the existing hole then fit the sensor and hold with a large nut on the inside which should make for a good repair.
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Jonnycab
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Re: Cooling fan temp sender
« Reply #3 on: Mar 28th, 2006, 11:31pm » |
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Huh!!
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Jonnycab
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Re: Cooling fan temp sender
« Reply #4 on: Mar 28th, 2006, 11:37pm » |
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The nut is holding. I've used steel putty before to re-build an alluminium thermostat housing on my MK1 Granada & it is still holding strong 5 years later. This is good stuff, so i'm confident that it won't be forced out again.
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