vs engine fan

[alan smithy]

hi all, have noticed that fan doesn,t come on with ignition. it starts when i let it idle for 5 minutes but by then the gauge is half way.shouldn,t be too worrying but i think it should come on earlier. any clues? thanks.

[XeKToReX]

you will notice it come on around half way, that is correct, theres no problem there!

[alan smithy]

ok. thanks for that. tried the codes before logging on. all ok. just thought it comes on with ignition. but every thing must be ok. thank you for your time.

[XeKToReX]

no worries, the older style fans were run on the belt so they were running all the time, but your vs is controlled by the computer to come on when the engine reaches a certain temperature, sort of emulates driving, causes air to pass through the radiator to bring the temperature back down, then computer turns it off

[HRVATSKI_VOJNIK]

If you turn on the AC, the fan will come on
i do it sometimes when i'm in start/stop traffic