cooling fan?

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

The switch sits directly below the battery on the inside face of the 
radiator. Not hard to miss, just a pain to get to   :)


>From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@attbi.com>
>To: "jim b" <jimbw1@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: cooling fan?
>Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:35:09 -0500
>
>yeah,,. no fan = overheating on standstill, driving pushes cold air into
>radiator...
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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of jim b
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:21 PM
>   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   Subject: RE: cooling fan?
>
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>   I found that my car warmed up to dead on the LED in about 8 minutes.  
>the
>car had been sitting for 2-3 hours so i dunno if that's enough time to cool
>down or what, but that doesn't sound too bad to me.  I tested the connector
>again and the fan and it worked after replacing a fuse in the fuse panel.
>Could the fan not turning on cause my car to almost overheat in traffic?  
>is
>there any sure fire way to know that it is the switch on the bottom of the
>radiator? tia
>
>   James
>
>
>   >From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau"
>   >To: "jim b" ,
>   >Subject: RE: cooling fan?
>   >Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 19:56:46 -0500
>   >
>   >well mine did something similar, after changing the radiator, my temp
>rest
>   >just below the LED on highway and just above LED on traffic...
>   >you might consider checking/changign the thermostat it might not be
>opening
>   >all the way.
>   >
>   >at idle it takes the car 10-12 mins to warm up to just below LED, when 
>my
>   >fan kicks in.
>   >
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>   > __ __________
>   > / |/_ __/ ___/ Patrick Bureau
>   > //| | / / \__ \ 1985 8v Prowler Orange "Beatrice"
>   > / _ |/ / ___/ / 1985 8v Titian Red "Lucky"
>   >/_/ |_/_/ /____/ http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco
>   >
>   > -----Original Message-----
>   > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>   >[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of jim b
>   > Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:20 PM
>   > To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   > Subject: cooling fan?
>   >
>   >
>   > Hello, i got my radiator into the car (thanks, whoever told me about
>   >taylorautomotive.com) and my car runs incredibly cool, on the highway. 
>It
>   >seems like it might even be too cool. But, the other day when i was
>driving
>   >around in town, stop and go driving, the car got very hot but did not
>quite
>   >overheat. At this point the car was on straight water, no coolant. the
>fan
>   >didn't seem to be kicking on and when i checked on it i found one of 
>the
>   >thermal switch wires was disconnected from the connector, i tested the
>fan
>   >by bridging the terminals and connected the wires, filled with coolant
>and
>   >water. When i drove i found that the car ran cooler in stop/go but 
>still
>   >qute hot. like halfway up on temp gauge on highway and almost 3/4 in
>town.
>   >my question is how long does it take people with 8vs to warm up over 
>the
>   >lower bar on the gauge, just idling and at what point does your fan 
>turn
>on?
>   >could this be thermostat problem too or just the switch? tia
>   >
>   > James
>   >
>   >
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Julie Macfarlane
Web Developer
Albany NY
Charter Member "Scirocco Anonymous"
'85 8v-?? "Scarlett" (frankly, she doesn't give a d**n)
'81 16v-2Y "Animal"
ICQ: 7704980
http://216.153.141.3/scirocco/


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