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Tried to finish installing this after work today.

Discovered the reason I was having trouble with the thermo fan last night in the dark was HDI supplied the wrong nuts :domokun:

One issue left and Im done... I cant get the hot side pipe (the short one) into the stock pipe and done up.

Any ideas/tips? Cam suggested not lubing it but that doesnt seem to be helping.

:thanks:

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Daleo Grand Master

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Tried to finish installing this after work today.

Discovered the reason I was having trouble with the thermo fan last night in the dark was HDI supplied the wrong nuts :domokun:

One issue left and Im done... I cant get the hot side pipe (the short one) into the stock pipe and done up.

Any ideas/tips? Cam suggested not lubing it but that doesnt seem to be helping.

:thanks:

A little soapy water will help; once it dries, you won't have any slippery residue.

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Tried to finish installing this after work today.

Discovered the reason I was having trouble with the thermo fan last night in the dark was HDI supplied the wrong nuts :domokun:

One issue left and Im done... I cant get the hot side pipe (the short one) into the stock pipe and done up.

Any ideas/tips? Cam suggested not lubing it but that doesnt seem to be helping.

:thanks:

That happened to me too. Mine was a few nuts short too...

iamhe77 Grand Master

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Tried to finish installing this after work today.

Discovered the reason I was having trouble with the thermo fan last night in the dark was HDI supplied the wrong nuts :domokun:

One issue left and Im done... I cant get the hot side pipe (the short one) into the stock pipe and done up.

Any ideas/tips? Cam suggested not lubing it but that doesnt seem to be helping.

:thanks:

LOL

Re-read the email Ryan and what I was responding to (I actually was saying "if you think that's hard, try installing it without any lube like I did!!).

Try the aid of a long thin flat head screwdriver. Put the screwdriver in the hotpipe, then push one side of the HDi pipe into it.

Use the screwdriver around the end of the HDi pipe (whilst applying force to the HDi pipe) to pop the hotpipe over the HDi pipe.

(I hope that makes sense)

Which nuts are you guys talking about? The ones from the supports into the cooler? What is wrong with them?

As an aside, anyone else who buys these kits and don't receive instructions, I should mention that using WD40 on every silicone joiner makes life a lot easier... not that I twigged to the idea when installing mine :blush:

bigkevracer Grand Master

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Cheers guys.

Managed to get it on, all sorted now. Looks nice, only thing I can't work out is whether the fan is wired up properly, but I couldn't get it to turn on. Never seen the stock one on either...

The nuts are the ones for the thermo fan mounts. There are 4 bolts for the cooler supplied, and I got 3 thinner bolts for the thermo fan, and 2 nuts which fit the cooler bolts, not the thinner bolts.

Never mind, hand some spares, and all good!

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Cheers guys.

Managed to get it on, all sorted now. Looks nice, only thing I can't work out is whether the fan is wired up properly, but I couldn't get it to turn on. Never seen the stock one on either...

The nuts are the ones for the thermo fan mounts. There are 4 bolts for the cooler supplied, and I got 3 thinner bolts for the thermo fan, and 2 nuts which fit the cooler bolts, not the thinner bolts.

Never mind, hand some spares, and all good!

Lol, yeah, there were thin bolts without nuts and extra nuts for the bolts that tapped directly into the intercooler and hence weren't required. I spent more time trying to work out what I should use them for than if I just went down to the shed & got what I needed pinch.gif

Re the fan, I just started my car (was cold) and the fan came on straight away, weird. Stopped it and checked the direction of the fan/angle of blades to determine if correct. You've got a 50/50 chance of being right, or if not running at all, a 100% chance of being wrong, lol.

iamhe77 Grand Master

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Lol, yeah, there were thin bolts without nuts and extra nuts for the bolts that tapped directly into the intercooler and hence weren't required. I spent more time trying to work out what I should use them for than if I just went down to the shed & got what I needed pinch.gif

Re the fan, I just started my car (was cold) and the fan came on straight away, weird. Stopped it and checked the direction of the fan/angle of blades to determine if correct. You've got a 50/50 chance of being right, or if not running at all, a 100% chance of being wrong, lol.

I think I had those nuts left over, but then my cooler sits ~20mm lower because I cut off the support tabs that the stock intercooler sat on.

Ryan, have one person stand at the front of the car while another person turns it on.

Make sure that the A/C is on and that the climate control is as high as possible (32 degrees?).

That should kick the fan on.

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Daleo Grand Master

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Ok I just installed my fan and connected the wires on colour. Black (fan) to black (car), blue (fan) to black yellow stripe (car). Turned heater on and nothing. So must be other way round.

If it's wired wrong; it will just go the wrong way, and blow air forwards. Did you set the climate control to 32deg? it will cycle on & off, thenyou'll be able to see which way it's going.

Daleo Grand Master

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Make sure that the A/C is on as well as the the heater set as high as it can go.

+1

Did this when I was bleeding my cooling system for the new rad; fan will cut in & out with the Air-con compressor.

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bit of a dig, but didn't want to start a new thread.


Does anyone know if you can get the HDI FMIC with black rubber bends as opposed to blue? I'm sure some heat proof paint would do the trick, but i don't have the time and am lazy :P (at least when it comes to cars atm)


Cheers

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Daleo Grand Master

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bit of a dig, but didn't want to start a new thread.

Does anyone know if you can get the HDI FMIC with black rubber bends as opposed to blue? I'm sure some heat proof paint would do the trick, but i don't have the time and am lazy :P haha

Cheers

Look at OTOMOTO; they do black silicone, not bad prices.

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