My 56 reg. Note S (30k miles) overheats when given a Welsh hill after a normal run. I keep checking the water level, which is fine until after it has overheated. Any ideas, folks? What doesn't help is that the fan, in spite of being electric,only blows when the engine is actually turning. One thing that surprised me was to learn that it is "normal" for the Note's fan to blow forwards through the radiator. I can see the logic of it blowing the warm air away from the engine when the car is stationary, but blowing against the air flow when the car's moving doesn't make sense.
A 59 Micra's fan pulls air through the radiator in the usual way, so it seems that even Nissan's own designers aren't consistent.
A 59 Micra's fan pulls air through the radiator in the usual way, so it seems that even Nissan's own designers aren't consistent.