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cooling fan?
- Subject: cooling fan?
- From: jimbw1@hotmail.com (jim b)
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 23:20:34 +0000
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<P><BR>I found that my car warmed up to dead on the LED in about 8 minutes. the car had been sitting for 2-3 hours so i dunno if that's enough time to cool down or what, but that doesn't sound too bad to me. I tested the connector again and the fan and it worked after replacing a fuse in the fuse panel. Could the fan not turning on cause my car to almost overheat in traffic? is there any sure fire way to know that it is the switch on the bottom of the radiator? tia</P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <PBUREAU@ATTBI.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>To: "jim b" <JIMBW1@HOTMAIL.COM>,<SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG>
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: cooling fan?
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 19:56:46 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>>well mine did something similar, after changing the radiator, my temp rest
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<DIV></DIV>>just below the LED on highway and just above LED on traffic...
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<DIV></DIV>>you might consider checking/changign the thermostat it might not be opening
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<DIV></DIV>>all the way.
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<DIV></DIV>>at idle it takes the car 10-12 mins to warm up to just below LED, when my
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<DIV></DIV>>fan kicks in.
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<DIV></DIV>>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of jim b
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<DIV></DIV>> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:20 PM
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<DIV></DIV>> Subject: cooling fan?
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<DIV></DIV>> Hello, i got my radiator into the car (thanks, whoever told me about
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<DIV></DIV>>taylorautomotive.com) and my car runs incredibly cool, on the highway. It
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<DIV></DIV>>seems like it might even be too cool. But, the other day when i was driving
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<DIV></DIV>>around in town, stop and go driving, the car got very hot but did not quite
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<DIV></DIV>>overheat. At this point the car was on straight water, no coolant. the fan
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<DIV></DIV>>didn't seem to be kicking on and when i checked on it i found one of the
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<DIV></DIV>>thermal switch wires was disconnected from the connector, i tested the fan
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<DIV></DIV>>by bridging the terminals and connected the wires, filled with coolant and
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<DIV></DIV>>water. When i drove i found that the car ran cooler in stop/go but still
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<DIV></DIV>>qute hot. like halfway up on temp gauge on highway and almost 3/4 in town.
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<DIV></DIV>>my question is how long does it take people with 8vs to warm up over the
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<DIV></DIV>>lower bar on the gauge, just idling and at what point does your fan turn on?
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<DIV></DIV>>could this be thermostat problem too or just the switch? tia
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<DIV></DIV>> James
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