Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
04-21-2004, 02:41 AM
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Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
My car overheats when I sit and let it idle for very long. When I'm driving it it stays perfectly where it should. How can I fix this, I've taken off one radiator fan for the turbo, but it's got coolant and the other fan works. I don't feel like dishing out $300 for a racing radiator either.
04-21-2004, 03:00 AM
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Re:Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
You say uve taken off one fan? i take it u mean the ac fan... driver side fan... Idling is when the car overheats or needs a fan.. If you know how a radiator works, its really only cooling ur coolant when ur driving, get ur fan working right or get a better fan, and if u really need my help ill get u this awesome racing coolant, its like 20$ but it works awesome for keeping temps down.
04-21-2004, 09:51 AM
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Re:Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
Just like everyone else is saying....check your fan.
Start you your car and let it heat up to see if the engine fan comes on automatically and make sure it's blowing towards your engine not away from it. If it doesn't than there's your problem. Which radiator do you have?
The full size or the half skinny radiator? The half skinny radiator isn't the best for a turbo car.
Start you your car and let it heat up to see if the engine fan comes on automatically and make sure it's blowing towards your engine not away from it. If it doesn't than there's your problem. Which radiator do you have?
The full size or the half skinny radiator? The half skinny radiator isn't the best for a turbo car.
04-21-2004, 11:19 AM
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Re:Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
lol, thats what i've been doing. I cut my car off when in drive thrus. I'll look into the fan thing. Actually now that you mention it I haven't seen that fan on in a while. I check and see if its working. Thanks guys.
04-21-2004, 01:35 PM
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Re:Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
I have the same problem, I dont have a rad fan at all though. Try a pusher fan setup. They're slim, cheap, and flow better then stock. I dont have one yet cause Im a cheap ***. 
It was either a FMIC or fan... I went w/ the Intercooler. Till you fix your fan or get a pusher set-up, try some water wetter. Its cheep and works. Drops temps 20* or 20%, one of em. 
NE wayz... WATER WETTER :P
It was either a FMIC or fan... I went w/ the Intercooler. Till you fix your fan or get a pusher set-up, try some water wetter. Its cheep and works. Drops temps 20* or 20%, one of em. NE wayz... WATER WETTER :P
04-22-2004, 09:19 AM
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Re:Does anyone elses car overheat while idling?
i have this same problem in my beater, like stated above the radiator fan never comes on.. does anyone have info on how to wire it up so i can manually turn it on? or what would i need to fix so the car know's when it should turn on
