Hi everyone! New to this site. And actually to owning a car generally, so I do humbly apologise if any of my posts come across as naive at all! Have been reading up a lot lately as really useful information on here, so thanks so far for help you didn't even know you were giving.

I've got a S reg Felicia 1.3 MPi (from after the facelift). My mom gave it me as my first car last year, it has only just clocked 50000, and I didn't pay a penny for it, bless her.

I have the common problem of heat sensor etc, I think.

Temp gauge doesn't go above 75 deg....Ever. Seems to be running quite rich. On the (very) odd occasion I stall it, it takes about 5 minutes to re-start. Which, at a traffic light in rush hour last week, I discovered was not something I want to happen again!

Also, the radiator fan never seems to come on. When my Mom used to drive it, the fan would stay on after the car was parked and turned off, but never happens now.

I've ordered from Jorily a new temp sensor with clip and o ring, along with a new fan switch for the radiator.

I took the old temp sensor out when cold, and noticed that I can see springs etc through the murk of the coolant in there.

Does this mean that the 'stat has failed too? If so, is the insert that Jorily sell a good idea? Is there a lot of work in changing this over? - i.e. would you recommend ordering this and then asking a decent garage to change it over - I am a little bit green with maintenance, certainly don't want to DIY and mess up if there's a lot to go wrong! What level of urgency am I looking at to get this all fixed?

Thanks in advance for your help, let me know if I need to move this post anywhere else.

Cheers, Tom

welcome to briskoda

Hi and welcome aboard.

Welcome to Briskoda, might be best perhaps to post in the felicia section.