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Yeah, there is run on pump that has an effect on the cabin temp. If it's not working then all you get is cold air through the blowers. http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...mp;hl=themastat .This was my original problem last May, and if you read through it all, you'll see that it was a lot more involved and ended up in it costing a fortune. If you're handy, you can get new brushes for the pump and refurb it yourself but Fords charged me

Well.....Took the gal into Fords this morning,

Guys, Last night my windscreen wipers stopped working on my 2001 mk11 galaxy. I checked the fuse and that was fine but whilst doing that, the wipers went once on their own. So its not the motor methinks, and not the fuse. The wipers aren't juddering so I'm guessing it's the stalk or a computer fault. The only post's I can find are regarding sticky mehcanism's, but nothing about any other reasons. Is there any kind of module that controls the wipers as they have always reverted back to intermittent when the car stops at traffic lights, for instance, and if so, where is it. Thanks in advance

Well after the most hectic day the car got repaired on friday. I decided to bite the bullet and get the water pump and cam belt done, when on test driving the car on thursday night, it was still overheating. I frantically rung workshops and dealers at 8am and only Essex Ford could fit me in and try and get the car done by 1pm. So in it went in, and fair play to the dealer, they got it done by 1.30 and saved the day. So was it just bad luck that caused the water pump, over run pump, and both radiator fans to fail at the same time?

I have got 2 fans from a breakers as GSF's fans were the wrong type. All fitted and another problem seems to have arisen. As soon as the ignition is switched on, even from cold, the fans kick in. I'm thinking a relay? but if the fans were permenantly on thats probably why they are both burned out? The manual says that relay 18 is the engine cooling fan extended run so am I barking up the right tree? I can't see how you access the relays though, are they under the fuses, does it just unclip?

Yeah Mike, first thing I did before I removed them was to check to see if they worked. Strange that neither did but the nice man at the garage said one is a secondary fan and could of been u/s for a while.

Ok Guys, I know I have been ripped off but I really had no choice. My local garage couldn't fit me in and I need the car for this Friday as I run an under 7 kids football team, and we have got a tournament at Butlins and some of the team are in my car. I work full time and the last thing I wanted was to try and tackle the job in the evening and not be able to get parts etc. My initial diagnosis was an air lock but people on this forum said that it was an almost unheard of occurence but never the less I still suspected it. Anyway it went into Fords because I didn't have the time during the day to sort out the severel possibilities and thought "The Experts" would sort it out. Wrong! After charging me an hour for diagnosis and an hour to remove and fit the pump you would think that would be the end of it once they had taken off the Dick Turpin masks. Not only that, they had the car from 11am on Monday and it wasn't ready until 5pm on Tuesday! I phoned them this morning and told them the car was still overheating and that I wasn't best pleased with them to which they agreed to "have another look" to see if there was anything they had missed (Like any other notes in my wallet) They agreed to do this gratis so my Mrs nursed the car there this morning. You Guys aren't gonna believe this but it took them 3 hours to diagnose the fact that the fans were not working despite me telling their fitter this on Monday. He said the car needs to get really hot for these to work even though I pointed out that the gauge was almost in the red and they still wern't working. So my Wife phones me and says they think they have found the problem, 2 new fans at

Well, the car is back and I'm

Cheers Guys, The car is in Frauds as we speak as my preferred "local garage" were to busy to fit me in until Monday. They just phoned to say that it looks like the problem is with the run on pump and quoted me

I will try and get it into a garage tomorrow. The overheating problem has not gone away, and I'm concerned that I'm gonna get shafted by the garage changing parts they don't need too. The over run pump is not working as Mirez says, it should be running after the ignition is switched off, and there is silence now, where there was a whirling. I suppose the high temp reading could be from any of the following, Air lock, Themastat, Water pump or over run pump but I bet whichever it turns out to be will be the last one they change.

Ok, so yesterday I call out the RAC to give me an opinion on what they think might be the problem. Firstly he thinks it's the over run pump and swears that by wiggling the connector to it he can feel the pump coming on while the engine is running. I am not so sure because when I did it, it felt like vibration, but what do I know. He then runs the engine up to normal running temp (90) and notices that the fan doesn't kick in (should it?) and also that the bottom rad hose is cooler than the top. He phones RAC's Ford technical who straight away tell him it's an air lock between the two heater systems? He tells me that the car needs to go into a main dealer to have the system put on some sort of vacuum pump to clear the air lock, any ideas from any of you? Should I put the car into the dealer and simply tell them the heater is not working or give them the full details of this saga. Has anyone heard of this vaccum pump at the main dealers or was the RAC man just trying to get out of doing anything. I have read posts on the over run pump and it seems feesible that that could be the problem, but knowing Frauds they will change it, if I mention that I think that is the problem.

Hi Guys, Mine is a 51 1.9TDI 115 Galaxy and it's at that age when things are beginning to go south. I recently had a problem with the coolant sensor which I replaced on bank holiday Monday. Whilst replacing it, I managed to break the plastic horseshoe clip that holds it in and with it being a bank holiday I was buggered for a replacement. The old Dunkirk spirit kicked in and I managed to make a clip from a sheet of plastic with the use of a stanley knife, put it all back together and everything was fine. Until today when, You guessed it, my oh so good idea went up the swanny resulting in the sensor popping out, dumping the coolant and leaving my mrs stuck on the side of a 3 lane A road with no hard shoulder during rush hour. I was feeling less than clever now but, I had purchased a new clip and "O" ring just in case my Heath Robinson approach failed. So I replaced the clip at the side of the road and got the wife on her way without too much trouble. So here is the problem. The temperature guage is rising higher than it's ever gone before, almost into the red, and the heater is not blowing any hot air even on a long run. The wife has told me that she stopped as soon as the stop light flashed on the dashboard, driving some 300 yards max. Is it possible I have some sort of air lock in the system and if so how do I remove it. Or could it be a blown head gasket even though the car is running fine apart from the heater not working and the erratic temp gauge. When I noticed the gauge getting towards the max, I pulled over and checked the coolant level which was fine. Then when I got where I was going (15 miles) I then checked it again before I left and the resovoir was nearly empty but there were no leaks underneath, so I topped it up thinking an air lock had worked it's way through and drove home. The problem re occured on the drive home and I tried to put the heater on thinking it may cool it all down if it was overheating but to my dismay it would only blow cold air. Any ideas? Will an air lock sort itself out overnight? I'm hoping it will as a blown head gasket certainly won't. Could it be a thermastat or water pump? any help will be appreciated. Steve

I have a 5000 series head unit in a 51 galaxy and it has developed a problem. As soon as I try to turn up the volume the display shows RICP and the volume does not change. It does the same thing if I push the fade/bal button. The unit is the one with the volume knob and not a rocker type. I suspect it may have failed and needs to be replaced, but just wondered if anyone had come across this problem and if there is a fix. The manual says that I should be able to hold in the man button and then scroll through to RICP ON RICP OFF but that option is not available to me. I do not have any kind of rear audio either and it appears that RICP has something to do with that. Thanks in advance Steve

Me too Alhambra, refitting the retaining clip is nigh on impossible from below (which is where it was fitted origanally) so it was refitted from above. I had problems getting the new sensor as I was assured that all cars post 99 have got a green 4 pin unit, so thats what i got, and on stripping it out it turns out to be a grey 2 pin unit and as it was Saturday afternoon when I was attempting the job I had to refit the old one. Be careful not to dislodge the vacuum pipe for the brake servo assist or you will have no brakes when you put everything back together and you will have to take it all apart again to fix it........DOH!! This job is not for the feint hearted and as other people have posted it is a Pig of a job. My car is running fine at the moment with the old sensor refitted but as the fault (over revving on start up) was intermittent heres hoping it will be ok as I don't fancy doing it all again.

Yeah Nomolus..I thought it could of been a lot worse aswell. The Fella put the car on the computer and revealed the reason why the car is intermitently revving itself on start up (faulty temp sensor) and didn't even charge me. The quality of service is so much better at the small family run workshops than at the huge faceless main dealers wouldn't you agree?

Hi Guys, I'm a newbie and this is my first post. Last Monday at 4pm on pulling on to a busy A road I too had the dreaded clunk followed by an expensive sounding grinding noise and no movement. Had to push the car (no mean feat) back off the junction onto the minor road which is something my Wife could not of done. The car is a 51 plate TDI 115 Galaxy with 64000 miles covered so is consistant with other posts on this forum. RAC turned up and asked where I wanted to take the car to which I replied Essex Ford at Dunton. He phoned them to which they replied "Bring the car in , We will be able to work on it next Monday" a week away. Needless to say that was not an option but the RAC man recommended a local family garage and towed me there. The car was ready next day with a repair bill of