ZenkaiRacerDsM
20+ Year Contributor
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- Nov 8, 2002
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Layton,
Utah
So now that the weather is warming up my car is running hot all of a sudden. Didn't have a problem with it last year and I haven't changed anything. Its really not even hot yet and its damn near overheating.
Alright so heres what its doing. Whenever I'm at a stop light for a little bit the needle will go from its normal spot of a tad under the middle to a little over 3/4 of the gauge. Then the fan will turn on and it will return to its normal spot. If I continue to idle it will keep doing this cycle over and over. Why isn't my fan coming on before shit gets really hot? Sometimes even while I'm driving it will be higher then normal.
One thing to mention is that if I run my A/C the temp will hold at the normal level no matter what. Its solid. Once I turn the A/C off its right back to the hot/fan cycle.
I'm thinking that the low speed setting on my main fan is dead. And the high speed only comes on when it gets really hot. Which is why the fan wont come on at all until the gauge is 3/4 and above.
What do you think? Should I buy a new fan? I'm installing a two core aluminum radiator this weekend.
Alright so heres what its doing. Whenever I'm at a stop light for a little bit the needle will go from its normal spot of a tad under the middle to a little over 3/4 of the gauge. Then the fan will turn on and it will return to its normal spot. If I continue to idle it will keep doing this cycle over and over. Why isn't my fan coming on before shit gets really hot? Sometimes even while I'm driving it will be higher then normal.
One thing to mention is that if I run my A/C the temp will hold at the normal level no matter what. Its solid. Once I turn the A/C off its right back to the hot/fan cycle.
I'm thinking that the low speed setting on my main fan is dead. And the high speed only comes on when it gets really hot. Which is why the fan wont come on at all until the gauge is 3/4 and above.
What do you think? Should I buy a new fan? I'm installing a two core aluminum radiator this weekend.