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Old 10-31-2004, 02:09 PM
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Default my car is running hotter than normal

granted the temp today was 20 degrees higher than last week ( 75 ) but even in the summer with 90-100 degree days i dodnt run this hot. i was around 225 degrees for oil temp. usually i run hotter than my 00 which stays around 190 ( i dont know why)and do 200-215 in my 01.5.... again thats in the summer. today was 75 and i was at 225, regular driving. coolant seems good. what could cause this?
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Default My car ran slightly hotter when my aux fan went out.

The symptom was that you would here the fan running at very high speed almost all the time.
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Default the fan running at high speed? how would it run at high speed if it broke?

wouldnt it just sit there.
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where's the location of the AUX fan?
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Sorry, the belt driven fan runs at high speed to compensate for the aux one being out.
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Default It's behind the radiator.

From what I was told, it's an electric fan used to cool down the a/c condenser unit.
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doesnt the speed of the belt driven fan depend on the rpm of the motor?
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Default Re: It's behind the radiator.

is that the fan that's located on the left side of the engine bay (as you stand in front of the car looking out into the engine bay?) i never see that fan running, and my water temps have been getting hotter than usual.
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Ray D.
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