It sounds to me that the fan may be working intermittently. I have
connected a switch on mine with a light that tells me when the fan is
working and which I can use to activate the fan at any time.
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From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Kenneth Gunnar Ramonet
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:47 PM
To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Peugeot-L] Mi 16 Help Needed
background:
i have a 1991 405 Mi 16 with 135k on the odometer. i drive it
in/around san francisco, ca less that 500 miles/month. like all previous
405s i've owned, it has been durable and truly trouble free.
the issue
in the last month, it has started to overheat when stuck in freeway
stop and go traffic(temp gauge will shoot up to above 190 which is well
before the red zone but still hotter than i'm comfortable with). ambient
temp hasn't become an issue as outside temps in SF rarely get hotter
than 74 F (64 F this time of year).
upon resumption of decent movement, the temp drops quickly to below
140 (i think). the car is not leaking any coolant and i never have added
fluids (though i'm sure jiffy lube tiops it off, if required).
this, i think, leaves the electric fan and a possible problem with it
not coming on when required. i've tried to confirm that it works and
perhaps it doesn't because i can't seem to induce kick-in by turning on
the A/C and letting the car idle.
but as i thought about it, i don't think i've EVER heard or seen the
electric fan working on any 405 any peugeot for that matter! and on the
405 there's two largish ones. they go about their business pretty
quietly compared to, say, a VW fan. and i don't think i've ever walked
away from a peugeot with the engine off and the fan's still humming away
as is common with most 4 cylinder cars (more commonly in decades past
i'm guessing).
can anyone shed some light on this?
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