Afternoon guys .. wondering if anyone can advise .. my radiator coolent fan won't come on meaning my engine is at major risk of overheating when Idelling.

I had to put the car into a local garage because my handbrake cable snapped and noticed a couple of days before that the coolent fan wouldn't go off - so I asked the garage to have a look when they were sorting the hanbrake.

When I went to pick the car up they mechanic said that they had a look and that they now can't get the fan to go on at all.

TBH I was gona kick off with them and probably should have at the time as i would have expected to get the car back the same way I gave to them (with a working fan). But thought that they would probably do more damage so decided to leave it.

I now have the problem of trying to get this sorted.

I'm hoping the fact that the fan was working when I gave them it that they have just unplugged something and not connected it back properly - I've attached a picture of a 'few loose plugs' that i didn't notice before.

Anyone any ideas where to start with it?

ps. I hate garages

martin has attached the following image:

Thanks Rikky ... how do you mean 'see if the fans spin up at full speed' ?

nice one cheers graham (hope things are well mate) ... I'll give that a try tonight .. here's hoping its nothing too sinister and it's just been some numpty mechanic

It's possible that maybe the garage fiddled with the Bitron unit and have accidentally left it unplugged.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Yes, just behind the passenger wheel arch liner. The unit itself is held on with an 8mm nut, and has a long multiplug attached or it (or should have)...

As for disconnecting the brown plug as suggested, this should definitely be your first port of call.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone