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Ford Focus 2011 1.6 TDCI fan problems

  • 11-09-2015 8:05am
    #1
    Scarecrow 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi

    I just brought a new 2011 Ford Focus TDCI . When I returned home shortly after I brought it I turned off the ignition . When I got out of car a noise came from the fans by engine. It was loud enough noise as if the car was still on. They switched off themselves then after about a minute.

    Is this normal ??


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  • #2
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Scarecrow 2 wrote: »
    Hi

    I just brought a new 2011 Ford Focus TDCI . When I returned home shortly after I brought it I turned off the ignition . When I got out of car a noise came from the fans by engine. It was loud enough noise as if the car was still on. They switched off themselves then after about a minute.

    Is this normal ??

    Yes.


  • #3
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭mullingar


    +1, it's the coolant fan doing its job.


  • #4
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    Scarecrow 2 wrote:
    I just brought a new 2011 Ford Focus TDCI . When I returned home shortly after I brought it I turned off the ignition . When I got out of car a noise came from the fans by engine. It was loud enough noise as if the car was still on. They switched off themselves then after about a minute.


    New or old shape ?? Check the coolant level also did you have the a/c on.


  • #5
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Could that be the DPF finishing it's regeneration cycle?


  • #6
    Scarecrow 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Scarecrow 2


    martinr5232 wrote: »
    New or old shape ?? Check the coolant level also did you have the a/c on.

    New model. Coolant level is fine. Only serviced.

    Thanks for replies


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  • #7
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    Scarecrow 2 wrote:
    New model. Coolant level is fine. Only serviced.


    If it knocks off after a minute its grand but just make sure it does there was a few cases of those fans staying going and running down the battery when that model came out and it required a pcm upgrade.


  • #8
    Scarecrow 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Scarecrow 2


    Went in for short spin into town and it happened again tonight. Fans were going for 5 mins after engine was turned off . I checked under the bonnet and engine was very warm.


  • #9
    Fiskar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭Fiskar


    Scarecrow 2 wrote: »
    Went in for short spin into town and it happened again tonight. Fans were going for 5 mins after engine was turned off . I checked under the bonnet and engine was very warm.

    It is the DPF re-generation, the shorter the journeys the more frequent the regeneration, the time for completion of the re-gen means the cooling fan stays on after you stop and switch off the ignition because it did not complete the regen on the journey.
    Since I got the DPF taken out I don't have this problem anymore.


  • #10
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Scarecrow 2 wrote: »
    Went in for short spin into town and it happened again tonight. Fans were going for 5 mins after engine was turned off . I checked under the bonnet and engine was very warm.

    As mentioned it could be that the car keeps trying to do a dpf regen and your turning off the engine during it the fans run to cool down the system as it send diesel in to get up to high temperature to burn up the soot. Have you brought the car on any long decent trips up the motorway for over an hour to give it a chance to regenerate tipping around town is no good for the process it needs time.


  • #11
    Scarecrow 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Scarecrow 2


    Thanks for replies

    Only after getting car. I say it's being sitting idle with month or so.

    Have only driven it a few miles on dual carriage way and even that wasn't with foot down. Will be making a long journey from dublin to cork tomoro on motorway.


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  • #12
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Fiskar wrote: »
    Since I got the DPF taken out I don't have this problem anymore.

    Or if the car was driven as a diesel should be ie loads of long trips as they weren't designed to tip around town all the time you wouldn't have to remove the dpf and you wouldn't here the fans as it would do regen during the long trips. The system works well and causes no trouble when it's given the opportunity.


  • #13
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,657 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Scarecrow 2 wrote: »
    Thanks for replies

    Only after getting car. I say it's being sitting idle with month or so.

    Have only driven it a few miles on dual carriage way and even that wasn't with foot down. Will be making a long journey from dublin to cork tomoro on motorway.

    That should sort it so. If it still does it after that you need to get it looked at.


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