while doing this we noticed the engine temp getting very near the red on the gauge and the main rad fan had not kicked in so had to abort the test.I got home and checked the fan by giving it 12v and it was fine.
I unplugged the temp sensor on the radiator and could hear a relay clicking in the fusebox but still no fan coming on.
there is a spare fan connector on the RHS of the rad (guess this is for an AC car) which gets 12V when you unplug the temp sensor but the other connector connected to the fan on the LHS gets nothing? on a non AC car, should the fan be on the left or right hand side?I checked all the fuse and everything was fine with all in place an none blown.
what else can I check?
roughly where on the temp gauge should the main fan kick in?
got to fix this before even getting it through the emissions test some how.
cheers guys