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zetec thermostat housing - fan switch?
Slater - 30/6/08 at 09:43 PM

Hi
Below is a pics of my 1.8 zetec thermostat housing.

What are the 2 sensors for (top and bottom)?

Can either of them be used as a fan switch for the radiator?
I am having trouble locating a fan switch for my radiator (1985 micra) so I was thinking maybe one of these sensors might be a fan switch??????

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big_wasa - 30/6/08 at 09:48 PM

Top is ecu temp sensor Bottom is gauge sensor.

neither can be used as a direct fan switch. The mondeo ect used the ecu to drive the fan relay using the ecu sensor.

[Edited on 30/6/08 by big_wasa]

Slater - 30/6/08 at 09:56 PM

ah bo--ocks.

Thanks anyway.
Anyone know where I can get a cheap 1985 Nissan Micra fan switch - M16 with a fine pitch thread????? All the scrappies up here don't have cars from that era!

ken555 - 30/6/08 at 10:21 PM

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Thanks anyway.
Anyone know where I can get a cheap 1985 Nissan Micra fan switch - M16 with a fine pitch thread????? All the scrappies up here don't have cars from that era!


Do what I did (as Allegro radiator! parts are scarce), visit the scrap yard opposite Tesco Danestone and get a switch and snap the boss out of a VW. Then Solder it to the side of the radiator. That way you have the more common 22mm switch.





[Edited on 30/6/08 by ken555]

[Edited on 30/6/08 by ken555]

Myke 2463 - 1/7/08 at 07:09 AM

I used the Sierra one from the CVH in my polo rad.