Still no fan on the SNEPITA

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

heres the deal, if the idle is too low, coolant flows too slowly across the radiator, allowing it to
cool off too much by the time it hits the half-way point (where the temp sender is).
while it is true that the water coming from the radiator is cool, theres not enough flow rate coming
to actually cool the engine enough.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano1@comcast.net>; "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Still no fan on the SNEPITA


> Al-
>  Are you saying it is overheating because the water temp is too low?
> Someone is confused....is it me?
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
> To: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 5:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Still no fan on the SNEPITA
>
>
> > cathy, let it get hot, then rev it to 2000 rpm and keep it there. if the
> fan then kicks on you have
> > either your idle too low or gunk in your radiator. idle too low causes the
> water pump to flow too
> > little. i initially had both the low idle and the gunk at the same time.
> the rieger would even let
> > itself overheat at idle without so much as kicking on the fan, cause the
> temp was low by the time
> > the water reached the temp switch.
> > Al
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:07 PM
> > Subject: Still no fan on the SNEPITA
> >
> >
> > Well, I still can't seem to get the fan to run. This is on the Silver
> Never
> > Ending Pain In The Ass, which is a 1987 16V with a 2L/1.8 head. I love
> that
> > car.
> >
> > So maybe the fan doesn't ever need to run?
> >
> > Seriously, I replaced the oil temp sensor recently, and this new one is
> > reading at 120 once the car warms up, which is 20 degrees more than the
> > previous one.  It will go up to at least 130 when sitting, which is not
> > normal, at least with the old sensor. I'm too chicken to let it get
> hotter.
> >
> > Water temp guage sits just above the light. No spewing fluid or anything
> like
> > that.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm pretty sure the fan should be on when I pop the hood and the
> car
> > is running that warm, but I haven't seen it run since this all started. It
> > also fails to after run, and it may be it just isn't hot enough, and I
> guess
> > this may be yet another issue. I'm pretty sure it SHOULD be running while
> the
> > car is idling and hot.
> >
> > So to recap what I posted previously:
> >
> > Rad gets hot, maybe not very uniform though, is hotter in the top corner
> where
> > coolant enters it, but I'd suspect this is normal, it should get cooler as
> it
> > moves through.
> >
> > 12V to the fan
> >
> > Fan runs when jumpered, seems normal, both speeds work
> >
> >
> > Fuse  okay
> >
> > New today, a new thermoswitch (dealer version, which may also be higher
> temp
> > than the one I removed; it was less than a year old)
> >
> >  So am I just not getting it hot enough to see the fan come on? It sure
> worked
> > on the way to Cincy (heh, chop, chop), and ran at 100 that whole trip, but
> it
> > may have been cooler outside.
> >
> > Maybe I'm just getting a false high read from the oil temp sensor?
> >
> > I don't want to drive it if it is too hot, but if it's just the sensor
> I'll
> > ingore it I guess.
> >
> >
> > Sorry to be back at you with this, but hey, it's on topic at least. (so at
> > what temp do your fans begin to run, using the water temp guage to
> describe
> > it, or oil temp. Do your fans run when it idles, and the engine is warm?)
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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