[DMCForum] Re: Coolant question...

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Videobob.

You might temporarily run the fans directly from the battery with 
external wiring to see if they run faster.  That would confirm your 
theory that they might be running slow.

Rick.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I am still having my over heating problem.
> I have topped off the coolant, and I have an air bleeder installed.
> I have wired the fans to be on full time, still the car over heats.
> Mostly with the AC on, you can get around OK with the AC off, but
> within minutes of turning the AC on the needle rises.
> The water appears to be flowing, and the fans are on....
> I must mention that I do have Hervey's new fans installed.
> They are very quite, you can barely hear them running.
> So, I am not sure if they are running as fast as they need to be
> because I have no frame of reference to compare them to because when
> I first got my car it was November, and then I wrecked it in July 
and 
> replaced
> the OEM fans with Herveys, so I have only experienced his fans in 
the 
> summer.
> The Texas summer is brutal....
> 
> I don't know why the hell the car isn't cooling, it was fine last 
summer.
> So the only things I can think of are that maybe the fans are for 
some 
> reason
> not running at full speed, or the thermostat is sticking, or the 
water pump 
> is not working
> correctly.... any suggestions?
> 
> Does anyone know what the cross reference of the thermostat is for 
Autozone?
> 
> - Videobob
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxx>
> >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [DMCForum] Coolant question...
> >Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:16:02 -0400
> >
> >This is a for real question.
> >
> >My car seemed to be overheating at lunch today. Within 3 minutes, 
the
> >temp was almost 200 degrees. Despite the high temp, the fans 
didn't come
> >on. That says one thing to me: air pocket.
> >
> >So, I checked the coolant level real quick and it was indeed low. 
A stop
> >at Advance Auto to top it off and the temp leveled off. I drove it 
20
> >miles home with the temp level. It got only as high at 160 or so 
by the
> >time I navigated all the traffic.
> >
> >Do you agree that with an air pocket causing the thermostat to 
read too
> >high, it can seem as if the fans are not working correctly because 
the
> >coolant temp is not high enough to trigger the otterstat?
> >

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