[Shotimes] Cooling Problem

[rcedelman@comcast.net]

Original radiator, yes. Cap, fluid, and all hoses changed, along with the thermostat, when I put a new waterpump in March '03. I do run warm in traffic, open highway is fine, unless I turn on the a/c, and even then the engine temp starts to climb. I don't have to replace the fluid at all and I'm not getting any antifreeze smell, so I haven't even thought that I screwed up the water pump, heh.

I'll go out to my car on lunch and see if there's any debris by the a/c condenser, and maybe price a new radiator.


> Rich:
>  If the fan is running at all, maybe you have some clogging in the radiator.
> This is very common on cars that don't have the anti-freeze changed regular.
> Any idea when it was last changed? Radiator still original? Have you changed
> the radiator cap? They are almost always bad and if yours is not holding the
> correct pressure in the system, cooling will suffer. How old is the
> thermostat? Are you starting to run warm in traffic or what is the exact
> problem? Lastly check for debris, especially between A/C condenser and the
> radiator. It's not that big of a space and I have seen a good bit junk
> collect there!
> .
> .
> 
> 
> 
> > Well, I just went and ran the EEC tests. Again, no codes, but that's fine
> as there's no codes for the fans, heh.
> >
> > Anyway, the fans came on and I heard the higher speed, but it wasn't very
> loud at all, seemed kind of weak to me actually. I remember the higher fan
> speed being reasonably loud.
> >
> > Anyone in the Kansas City area with an ATX SHO by chance?
> >
> >
> > > Rich:
> > >  Run the EEC-IV test. This will cycle the ATX fan thru it's different
> > > speeds. If you don't hear the higher speed you may have lost one of the
> 2
> > > fans. It may be the fan motor or the relay box. Can you find another ATX
> SHO
> > > to swap IRCM's? Is any fan running at all?
> > > .
> > > .
> > >
> > > > I've got a 95 ATX which seems to have some cooling problems. It seems
> like
> > > the
> > > > fans never kick in to high speed at all. Aren't they supposed to do so
> > > when
> > > > you turn the a/c to max? If so, well then they don't... No codes are
> being
> > > > thrown at all either. I'm tempted to replace ECT and temp sender unit
> for
> > > > good measure, but I'm thinking it's more likely the IRCM.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts, suggestions?
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