Just wanting to change my rad for a Polo one.
Presumably I want the fan switch to come on or off at the same temperatures as the Pinto in the Sierra for it to run optimally.
What temps does the Pinto switch at? I don't have my Heynes here to look it up.
Ideally I want to put the fan switch into the threaded hole on the Polo rad. Is the Sierra switch compatible with this thread?
If not, what switch fits the Polo rad but switches at the same temps as the Pinto?
Thanks for any info.
Cheers,
James
Hi James
I'm not sure of the temp is operates at, but I bought a rad switch from Euro car spares for about £6.
Mine is just used to bung up the hole as the CVH has the fan switch in the thermostat housing.
If you contact them they should be able to tell you the temperature at which the switch operates - I think you can get two versions.
Stu
Yup - just bung the pinto one in there.
30mm spanner IIRC
Don't know about the pinto one specifically but don't worry too much about fan switching temps, they will be close enough not to matter,
they all use water as coolant!
I'm using a cavalier 16v one as it fitted and I had it already, so there's one that deffo fits the polo rad
What I came to realise when I got to the motor factors was that the Pinto didn't have an electric fan switch did it!!!
It had the viscous fan type that ran all the time.
I'm led to believe that the Pinto is meant to run quite hot (anyone know if this is true?) so what I'm concerned about with using 'any
old' fan switch is that it won't allow the engine to get up to proper operating temp.
Asking at GFS the fan switch they have which would fit the Polo/Golf rad is a 95-84°C switch. So maybe I'll use this????
Cheers,
James
from the autodata says the pinto stat opens @88 deg
so i wouldnt think it would be far off
[Edited on 2/11/06 by ch1ll1]
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Polo/Golf rad is a 95-84°C switch.
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Originally posted by James
What I came to realise when I got to the motor factors was that the Pinto didn't have an electric fan switch did it!!!
It had the viscous fan type that ran all the time.
I'm led to believe that the Pinto is meant to run quite hot (anyone know if this is true?) so what I'm concerned about with using 'any old' fan switch is that it won't allow the engine to get up to proper operating temp.
Asking at GFS the fan switch they have which would fit the Polo/Golf rad is a 95-84°C switch. So maybe I'll use this????
Cheers,
James
Got a polo rad on my pinto. The fan switches on around 85 deg, maybe a bit more. Seems fine though.
i actually got the switch from a mk2 golf at the scrap yard but would imagine its similar to the polo one.
quote:
Originally posted by James
What I came to realise when I got to the motor factors was that the Pinto didn't have an electric fan switch did it!!!
It had the viscous fan type that ran all the time.
I'm led to believe that the Pinto is meant to run quite hot (anyone know if this is true?) so what I'm concerned about with using 'any old' fan switch is that it won't allow the engine to get up to proper operating temp.
Asking at GFS the fan switch they have which would fit the Polo/Golf rad is a 95-84°C switch. So maybe I'll use this????
Cheers,
James