"DesignGuy" <dontbother@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:dN9Qd.68973$eT5.23856@attbi_s51:

>>
>> Does the rad fan come on when the engine has been in heavy traffic
>> for 5 minutes?
>>
>> Warm it up all the way, take it to a quiet side street somewhere, and
>> then simulate heavy stop-and-go "inch forward" traffic for 5 minutes.
>> If your fan is not coming on, the temp gauge will begin to rise.
>
> I forgot to answer this part -- no the rad fan does not come on,
> whether driving at speed for a while or stop-and-go. The temp guage
> doesn't rise to much, no more than 1/3 of the way up.
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Sounds like your thermostat may be going bad. You should be up to just
below the half-way mark on the gauge in less than ten minutes of driving.

How's your heater output?

The rad fan will NOT come on until the coolant temperature is high enough
to close the contacts in the fan switch. You may never be getting there.

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