Still no fan on the SNEPITA

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Al-
 Are you saying it is overheating because the water temp is too low?
Someone is confused....is it me?

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
To: Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: Still no fan on the SNEPITA


> 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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