Scavenger fan sensor test

[teenmal]

I'm probably the person causing the angst here.

Mike - could you clarify how you rewired the scavenger fan on yours. I was under the impression you'd fed a supply into the sensor circuit but looking back through the thread I could've misinterpreted that...............

Mine's a direct feed from battery (via a switch) to the fan so does not touch the sensor circuit. So I'm reckoning what I've done is as safe as could be.

This is as good a time as any to reveal one of the main reasons I fitted a scavenger over-ride (you'll laugh at this). Well, I had (still have in fact) a leaky diesel pump. Nothing serious, but if sat in traffic after a session at speed (when it seems to drip - why? no idea, but maybe excess head of pressure) you could sometimes get a whiff of diesel in the cab. And since 'her indoors' would be straight on the case if she whiffed it ("your bl**dy father had to get an old smelly van that stinks of diesel") I thought a quick means of scavenging the engine bay might be handy. And by jingo it has been. And the switch is out of her line of site so any concerns and I just flick it on and hey poncho - no whiff.

Brilliant or wot

Try some petro petal in the tank,it makes the diesel smell nice..

[petebee]

I fitted a noise killer kit which included a "blanket" over the engine and so insulating the fan sensor so simply bypassed the sensor with a switch.This seems to work OK although the LED on the switch doesnt light when the fan is running.

[teenmal]

I fitted a noise killer kit which included a "blanket" over the engine and so insulating the fan sensor so simply bypassed the sensor with a switch.This seems to work OK although the LED on the switch doesnt light when the fan is running.

I had the same problem with this kit,I later found that the "Blanket"goes into sleep mode when the fan starts,and puts the LED out.

[lizard]

Anna - Please don't get concerned!
First you only get to hear of the problems on here, there are thousands out there who don't have any problems!
Most of this thread is us boys playing with our bits
The more you play with a vehicle and its engine the more faults you will have !

Coming from an electronics engineering background the best way to avoid problems is NOT to touch at all, when BT engineers were locked out of the exchanges in a trial the fault rate dropped to 1/10 of the previous level - the trial only lasted a few months before it was put into practice across the entire network (this was a back about 20 years ago).

Thanks, I know you boys like to play with your toys and all clever stuff too! I had my alarm go off last week and was given advice earlier on this thread , but I still worry and just wondered what the temperature should ideally be on a straight road -no towing. Thanks for the very interesting BT bit

I read Robert Morleys book of worries, to take my mind of the jolly old Bongo.

Travelling on the flat, I find that there is no major temp rise. I only notice a rise with the fitted TM2 gauge when ascending steep hills. This only tells me that the engine is getting hotter, so I feel that I am not really any the wiser than peeps without a TM2 gauge, as they are fitted in different places on the engine. I still rely on a mason alarm, this seems to give a good indication of a rise in temperature.

There we go, I said all that without any mention of an oooooerrr matron.

[teenmal]

Anna - Please don't get concerned!
First you only get to hear of the problems on here, there are thousands out there who don't have any problems!
Most of this thread is us boys playing with our bits
The more you play with a vehicle and its engine the more faults you will have !

Coming from an electronics engineering background the best way to avoid problems is NOT to touch at all, when BT engineers were locked out of the exchanges in a trial the fault rate dropped to 1/10 of the previous level - the trial only lasted a few months before it was put into practice across the entire network (this was a back about 20 years ago).

Thanks, I know you boys like to play with your toys and all clever stuff too! I had my alarm go off last week and was given advice earlier on this thread , but I still worry and just wondered what the temperature should ideally be on a straight road -no towing. Thanks for the very interesting BT bit

I read Robert Morleys book of worries, to take my mind of the jolly old Bongo.

Travelling on the flat, I find that there is no major temp rise. I only notice a rise with the fitted TM2 gauge when ascending steep hills. This only tells me that the engine is getting hotter, so I feel that I am not really any the wiser than peeps without a TM2 gauge, as they are fitted in different places on the engine. I still rely on a mason alarm, this seems to give a good indication of a rise in temperature.

There we go, I said all that without any mention of an oooooerrr matron.

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