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Hi,

Last month I was working on my TF, which I acquired a few months ago and noticed that the plug to the engine bay cooling fan was disconnected. So I plugged it in and I immediately found out why it was disconnected: the fan comes on when I turn the key and doesn’t shut down until I turn the engine off. So now I am tempted to disconnect the plug again, but at the same time I just want it to work properly. Has anyone any suggestion on what to do? Thanks

My first move would be to get an obd11 code reader. Narrow down the possibilities...  

Turned out my OBD2 reader isn't compatible with my TF. Ordered a new one that should be compatible (ELM 327 type). Let's have a look tomorrow. I treated the TF to a small service as well yesterday: new fuel filter, new oil filter (old one was actually rusty ), fresh oil, fresh coolant, and also fitted the rocker cover from the junkyard. Drives much smoother now.

Hi and welcome to the forum.
If your planning a trip to Scotland might i suggest the West Coast 500   

Definitely, looks very good! Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum

What plans do you have for your trip to the GB?

James
 

I live in Haarlem (in between Amsterdam and the seaside). We'll drive to Dunkirk (I've seen Calais enough now), catch a ferry to Dover and travel from south to north (Kent - Cotswolds - bit of Wales - up and down Scotland) and then back to Holland via the Newcastle - IJmuiden ferry. Any suggestions or good driving roads? (most of them in GB are better than here anyways)

Thanks for your comments. I’ll do an OBD2 scan tomorrow after I fixed my rocker cover. For no obvious reason a small piece of metal snapped off today  so I will get one from a Rover at the local junkyard. 

My neighbour thought that maybe it could be the fuel filter? 

 
Hi all,

Let me introduce myself first. I live in Holland and acquired a sketchy but amazing '03 TF 115. Bought it off the Dutch equivalent of eBay from some guy for only €900 (£750-800). Couldn't let it go for that money (accepted I was going to come across some work). Recent MOT (apk in Dutch) for the coming year. It had a rattle from the engine bay, but fixed it by fitting a new exhaust manifold gasket.

I did suspect an HGF when the coolant started boiling one time due to air trapped in the cooling system, thus dropping the boiling point. However, the common HGF symptoms does not (significantly) appear on mine:

- Engine has never overheated since I've got it, not even on fairly long drives.
- There does not seem to be mayonnaise-like slush in the oil. Not in oil filler cap, not around the camshafts (see photo's, all looks okay, right?).
- I have never lost any coolant (except for me spilling some because of absence of a funnel during re-filling the system  , I'm sorry Greenpeace)

Also, the rocker cover gasket looks and feels as good as new.

Maybe the problem is just that I am purposely looking for things that could be wrong with it, as I bought it for only €900.

However, now, when I apply 3/4 to full throttle, especially in lower revs and higher speeds, it just barely accelerates and there is a very soft fluid-like noise coming from the engine, sounding as if fluids are going places they shouldn't go throughout the engine (note: this was my analysis, could be something entirely different, of course).

I hope you guys can think along with me. I want to keep this extremely rare TF (only 900 TF's in Holland, of which most are LHD) on the road and improve it in the coming years. I'm planning on doing a 15-day road trip through GB in it this summer, so the TF must be in good state before mid-July.