EDIT: Current status of this issue: CLOSED - Broken/corroded wire within harness. See below.
PS: I hope this helps serve as sort of a diagnostic procedure as well as reveal a potential issue with this platform. I lack the appropriate wiring diagrams, so my experience is just to reach out to the fundamentals of diagnostics. I hope this helps give you the confidence in improving your wrenching skills, as well.
Various searches regarding this issue leads me to previous gen vehicles.
Hey everyone,
Long time since posting on this forum. I've been treating myself to some wrenching on a new-to-me 1994 Land Rover Range Rover Classic LWB.
Unfortunately, in my time working on the RRC, I've been keeping the S5 in the garage. I don't think this beast appreciated it and I've encountered an issue.
Background:
This is a 2009 S5. Manual transmission with 146,354 miles on the odometer. I can update this section if it benefits anyone else.
The problem:
EDIT: I don't believe these problems are related but will leave this section in quotations.
I am unsure if these events are related. I've squeezed the coolant hoses in an attempt to "bleed" the system but I think I've read somewhere that these cooling systems will self-bleed. And I've had success with my methods in the past when draining and re-filling my cooling system as part of my maintenance schedule.
So i started taking things apart:
Visually checking for wire damage - couldn't see any culprit.
I read on some previous gen cars that the ECU could get water in it. So I pulled the cover. No pic - but it was bone dry.
I'm heading out to the garage to run a VCDS scan. I'll post results soon, but wanted to see if anyone has some feedback/advice that might point me in the right direction.
PS: I hope this helps serve as sort of a diagnostic procedure as well as reveal a potential issue with this platform. I lack the appropriate wiring diagrams, so my experience is just to reach out to the fundamentals of diagnostics. I hope this helps give you the confidence in improving your wrenching skills, as well.
Various searches regarding this issue leads me to previous gen vehicles.
Hey everyone,
Long time since posting on this forum. I've been treating myself to some wrenching on a new-to-me 1994 Land Rover Range Rover Classic LWB.
Unfortunately, in my time working on the RRC, I've been keeping the S5 in the garage. I don't think this beast appreciated it and I've encountered an issue.
Background:
This is a 2009 S5. Manual transmission with 146,354 miles on the odometer. I can update this section if it benefits anyone else.
The problem:
EDIT: I don't believe these problems are related but will leave this section in quotations.
Ever since then, whenever I start my car, the fan turns on full blast. I turn off the car, the fan (circuit 1) will not turn off. This drains my battery.
I am unsure if these events are related. I've squeezed the coolant hoses in an attempt to "bleed" the system but I think I've read somewhere that these cooling systems will self-bleed. And I've had success with my methods in the past when draining and re-filling my cooling system as part of my maintenance schedule.
So i started taking things apart:
Visually checking for wire damage - couldn't see any culprit.
I read on some previous gen cars that the ECU could get water in it. So I pulled the cover. No pic - but it was bone dry.
I'm heading out to the garage to run a VCDS scan. I'll post results soon, but wanted to see if anyone has some feedback/advice that might point me in the right direction.