Cooling question ? Hope someone can help...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Dothan AL
Cooling question ? Hope someone can help...
The past few days our temperature has dropped to where you can drive with window down and air conditioning off.
Here's what I have noticed... When I turn off air the temperature gauge will climb to 220 and a little above if sitting in traffic and then when you get rolling it will come back down to about 180 which is the normal temp.
If I turn on Air the temperature gauge will never get over about 190 even sitting in traffic.
Today I was driving down town with Air off and noticed guage climbing again so I turned on the Air and temp started dropping.
Is my gauge gone nuts ? or maybe fan is not kicking in unless Air is on ? or
do I need to drink a beer ?
Help, warranty runs out on time limit next month although only 14,000 miles.
Also installed the Magnaflow X-pipe and Borla Stingers this morning. Yow, what a sound !! Engine seems to be run a lot smoother also.
Here's what I have noticed... When I turn off air the temperature gauge will climb to 220 and a little above if sitting in traffic and then when you get rolling it will come back down to about 180 which is the normal temp.
If I turn on Air the temperature gauge will never get over about 190 even sitting in traffic.
Today I was driving down town with Air off and noticed guage climbing again so I turned on the Air and temp started dropping.
Is my gauge gone nuts ? or maybe fan is not kicking in unless Air is on ? or
do I need to drink a beer ?
Help, warranty runs out on time limit next month although only 14,000 miles.
Also installed the Magnaflow X-pipe and Borla Stingers this morning. Yow, what a sound !! Engine seems to be run a lot smoother also.
Safety Car
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Cooling question ? Hope someone can help... (My2Dogs)
The past few days our temperature has dropped to where you can drive with window down and air conditioning off.
Here's what I have noticed... When I turn off air the temperature gauge will climb to 220 and a little above if sitting in traffic and then when you get rolling it will come back down to about 180 which is the normal temp.
If I turn on Air the temperature gauge will never get over about 190 even sitting in traffic.
Today I was driving down town with Air off and noticed guage climbing again so I turned on the Air and temp started dropping.
Is my gauge gone nuts ? or maybe fan is not kicking in unless Air is on ? or
do I need to drink a beer ?
Help, warranty runs out on time limit next month although only 14,000 miles.
Also installed the Magnaflow X-pipe and Borla Stingers this morning. Yow, what a sound !! Engine seems to be run a lot smoother also.
Here's what I have noticed... When I turn off air the temperature gauge will climb to 220 and a little above if sitting in traffic and then when you get rolling it will come back down to about 180 which is the normal temp.
If I turn on Air the temperature gauge will never get over about 190 even sitting in traffic.
Today I was driving down town with Air off and noticed guage climbing again so I turned on the Air and temp started dropping.
Is my gauge gone nuts ? or maybe fan is not kicking in unless Air is on ? or
do I need to drink a beer ?
Help, warranty runs out on time limit next month although only 14,000 miles.
Also installed the Magnaflow X-pipe and Borla Stingers this morning. Yow, what a sound !! Engine seems to be run a lot smoother also.
This is a wild guess but I believe the radiator fan is always on when the AC is. It is also, I believe supposed to kick on when the temp hits 190. It appears that the radiator fan is not being activated by the ccoolant temperatur sensor or whatever software is supposed to be doing that. I hope somebody else can give you a more definitive answer.
Le Mans Master
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From: Waldorf MD
Re: Cooling question ? Hope someone can help... (My2Dogs)
This is correct. When you turn on A/C, fan(s) come on. Otherwise fan is set to come on at about 230 F.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
Team Owner
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From: San Jose/Bear Valley CA
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Re: Cooling question ? Hope someone can help... (Oldvetter)
This is correct. When you turn on A/C, fan(s) come on. Otherwise fan is set to come on at about 230 F.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
This is completely normal... Nothing to worry about here.
vetterdstr :cheers:
Safety Car
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Cooling question ? Hope someone can help... (Oldvetter)
This is correct. When you turn on A/C, fan(s) come on. Otherwise fan is set to come on at about 230 F.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
It does get worrysome, seeing temperature climb so high while sitting in traffic, but aluminum block and synthetic oil "likes/tolorates" these temperatures.
But while we are talking about cooling get under the car and see how much junk has made it to the top of that slanted radiator. Also between the radiator and air conditioning compressor.
