Charade 1.0 engine shake

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My 2007 Charade 1.0 has a couple of unrelated? faults which i would like some advice on. At idle speed when warm the engine shakes quite noticeably. There is no hesitation at pickup and the engine runs smoothly through the gears and does not missfire. Also, the cooling fan cuts in even after a short run. The over temp light does not come on. Looking back through some old receipts that came with the car it has had a temp sensor,thermostat and coolant change in the recent past so someone has been throwing parts at it and maybe missing the problem-if it is a problem. I had an automatic charade before this one and the fan never came on and the engine was quiet at tickover.

Have you checked for coolant leaks?

A lot of issues can be with the water pump and the serpentine belt. A lot of cars in the Daihatsu range have had to have new water pumps because they fail or are failing due to seals and water leaks. Maybe worth a look here. At the same time get the serpentine belt changed, maybe needs doing as well.

Edited to add:

If the car does not have a water temp metre then try and get hold of something that plugs in to the ODB-II port such as a scangauge-II which will show you things like Water Temperature etc...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ScanGauge-II-Fuel-Computer-XGauge/dp/B000AAMY86/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434303554&sr=8-1&keywords=scangauge+2

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