Marauder

Well, this is a werid problem.

The radiator fan works at first, but after some driving around it wont turn on anymore. So far I have replaced:

-radiator fan
-ECT sensor
-fan relay
-fuse (has never burned out)

Everywhere I read on the cooling fan only points to the above areas and I can find anything that covers the issue I am having. Anyone got any more ideas on what's going on, or had the same problem I did?

ekcivic9

maybe the thermostat is getting old? did you replace that?

Marauder

No I haven't checked that, but the car will stay cool as long as the car is in motion. Its only whe the car comes to a stop that the temp starts climbing. The fan should be kicking on to cool things down, but it wont.

fmrprojects

do you burn coolant. sounds like stages of a blown head gasket

Marauder

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fmrprojects &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you burn coolant. sounds like stages of a blown head gasket</TD></TR></TABLE>

Except that the radiator fan isn't turning on.....I believe any car that starts running hot would have a radiator fan that will turn on at some point. I don't burn coolant, but when it gets hot it pushes coolant into the resivour and sometimes overflows it a little.

Marauder

yep...was a headgasket problem. Just changed the headgasket on Monday and put in ARP studs. Running strong again!