two fans by radiator not spinning

Not sure of which VW the OP has but.......
I know of someone with no heat in her 2001 Passat V6. She went to the
dealer and they claimed it was the thermostat too. So to change it they
would change the thermostat, water pump and timing belt for $1400 and would
not guarantee that it would give her heat. WTF

I checked it before she went to the dealer and it has a clogged heater core,
very little coming out of the bleed hole of the heater hose, but my garden
hose is frozen solid so I could not flush it out.
One of the radiator shops wants to change out the heater core in a couple of
weeks when they have time.
I only wanted them to try flushing out the heater core. $-)

I just replaced the thermostat in a 2000 Golf 2.0l AEG engine. Kinda nice
not having to go under the car and open up the flood gates above you. lol

Merry Xmas to all!
One out of many daves

"SFC" wrote in message

>I doubt it was the thermostat because you say it warmed up in 5min
>at -25C!! Anyway it seems very expensive for a thermo and fluid, but what
>do you expect at the stealer.
>
> SFC
>
> "HT" schreef in bericht
>
>> hmmm...turns out to be the thermostat.
>> still amazed on how much it costs. 40 for the actual thermostat, 35
>> for the fluid, and like 3.5 hours of labour (dealer)!!
>>
>
>
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it did give heat, but the heat was weaker than i expected...and it
was. during a storm here, the front window didn't defrost and the
engine temperature was all over the place (too low). Any hoots, it is
all fixed now, the temperature gauge is stable and heat is like 100x
better.
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thermostat?


"HT" wrote in message

> it did give heat, but the heat was weaker than i expected...and it
> was. during a storm here, the front window didn't defrost and the
> engine temperature was all over the place (too low). Any hoots, it is
> all fixed now, the temperature gauge is stable and heat is like 100x
> better.
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On Dec 16, 8:09 am, HT wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>    Not sure if it is due to the cold here, it is about -15 degrees
> Celsius or so, but i have noticed that the two fans by my radiator are
> not spinning, and I'm trying to figure out if this is a problem -
> since i can only see this when the car is stopped.  I drive a 2000
> Golf 1.8T.
>
>    My temperature gauge isn't showing that the car is over heating,
> actually it is showing that the temperature of the engine is below 90,
> or the middle of the gauge.  I have noticed that is i'm doing highway
> driving where that is wind the temperature actually goes down about 1
> unit of measure on the gauge.  When i'm in the city driving around,
> the temperature is in the middle of the gauge or 90.
>
>    I'm wondering, shouldn't these two fans be spinning all the time?
> I don't see adverse performance or temperature inside the car nor from
> the temperature gauges - and i don't remember if they use to spin in
> the summer time.
>
> Advice?
>
> H

H
I recommend you check the fuse box on top of the battery. There are
three green 30amp fuses. It is common for the fuse box to melt causing
one of the three fuse not to make contact. The #1 fuse is the fuse for
the cooling fans. The fan will come on at about 97c degrees. and shut
down about 94 c degrees. You can test this by putting something to
hold the throttle at 2000 rpm and wait to see if the fans to come on.
Good luck
Mike
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