Still no fan on the SNEPITA

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

cathy, let it get hot, then rev it to 2000 rpm and keep it there. if the fan then kicks on you have
either your idle too low or gunk in your radiator. idle too low causes the water pump to flow too
little. i initially had both the low idle and the gunk at the same time. the rieger would even let
itself overheat at idle without so much as kicking on the fan, cause the temp was low by the time
the water reached the temp switch.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: Still no fan on the SNEPITA


Well, I still can't seem to get the fan to run. This is on the Silver Never
Ending Pain In The Ass, which is a 1987 16V with a 2L/1.8 head. I love that
car.

So maybe the fan doesn't ever need to run?

Seriously, I replaced the oil temp sensor recently, and this new one is
reading at 120 once the car warms up, which is 20 degrees more than the
previous one.  It will go up to at least 130 when sitting, which is not
normal, at least with the old sensor. I'm too chicken to let it get hotter.

Water temp guage sits just above the light. No spewing fluid or anything like
that.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure the fan should be on when I pop the hood and the car
is running that warm, but I haven't seen it run since this all started. It
also fails to after run, and it may be it just isn't hot enough, and I guess
this may be yet another issue. I'm pretty sure it SHOULD be running while the
car is idling and hot.

So to recap what I posted previously:

Rad gets hot, maybe not very uniform though, is hotter in the top corner where
coolant enters it, but I'd suspect this is normal, it should get cooler as it
moves through.

12V to the fan

Fan runs when jumpered, seems normal, both speeds work


Fuse  okay

New today, a new thermoswitch (dealer version, which may also be higher temp
than the one I removed; it was less than a year old)

 So am I just not getting it hot enough to see the fan come on? It sure worked
on the way to Cincy (heh, chop, chop), and ran at 100 that whole trip, but it
may have been cooler outside.

Maybe I'm just getting a false high read from the oil temp sensor?

I don't want to drive it if it is too hot, but if it's just the sensor I'll
ingore it I guess.


Sorry to be back at you with this, but hey, it's on topic at least. (so at
what temp do your fans begin to run, using the water temp guage to describe
it, or oil temp. Do your fans run when it idles, and the engine is warm?)

Cathy





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