frosh29
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jul 29, 2004
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Wallington,
New_Jersey
I have a 1995 talon tsi. Mostly stock besides a 16g.
Bought the car, ran new rear brake lines, fixed a massive oil leak in the flex turbo oil return, added a new coolant reservoir, and some other odds and ends.
Pretty suddenly the car started heating up at stops so I checked if the rad fan was working. Being a 2g, turning on the AC doesn’t tell you much about the radiator fans condition.
I pulled the coolant temp sensor plug out and both fans came on instantly. I bought a new coolant temp sensor (2 wire) and the same thing happens.
I let the temp get higher than I previously would with the car idling in my driveway and the rad fan kicked in at about 3/4 ways to the top of the temp gauge. It cools to halfway and the fan goes off. Ithe temp then goes to 3/4 the fan kicks on and goes back to half way. It repeats this pattern indefinitely.
Long story short the rad fan works, but it’s definitely kicking on at a higher temp than it should...
Any help would be appreciated.
Bought the car, ran new rear brake lines, fixed a massive oil leak in the flex turbo oil return, added a new coolant reservoir, and some other odds and ends.
Pretty suddenly the car started heating up at stops so I checked if the rad fan was working. Being a 2g, turning on the AC doesn’t tell you much about the radiator fans condition.
I pulled the coolant temp sensor plug out and both fans came on instantly. I bought a new coolant temp sensor (2 wire) and the same thing happens.
I let the temp get higher than I previously would with the car idling in my driveway and the rad fan kicked in at about 3/4 ways to the top of the temp gauge. It cools to halfway and the fan goes off. Ithe temp then goes to 3/4 the fan kicks on and goes back to half way. It repeats this pattern indefinitely.
Long story short the rad fan works, but it’s definitely kicking on at a higher temp than it should...
Any help would be appreciated.