ok recently noticed a small amount of white smoke coming out of the top of the radiator, smelled funny, thinking nothing of it, (flame suit on) i drive to work (25 miles away)...then i notice that car is very much reaching the red area in the meter that measures how hot the engine is....it's overheating, so i check and there's no coolant so i top that off and everything's ok....but today driving to work same thing happened car got real hot again like 80% to that red line...and i also noticed my radiator fan is not spinning....

i checked the "Fan" 15a fuse in the engine bay, it's fine...any other fuses? anyone know how much radiators run for, oem and aftermarket? any reccomendations?

also.....my blower is not working, has anything to do with rad faN?

 

The radiator fan doesn't stay on all the time.. Did you give it a couple minutes or wait a little while to see if it was going to kick on?

Also your over heating problem could be a sticking t-stat or just time to upgrade to a dual core radiator.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The radiator fan doesn't stay on all the time.. Did you give it a couple minutes or wait a little while to see if it was going to kick on?

Also your over heating problem could be a sticking t-stat or just time to upgrade to a dual core radiator.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i waited till engine was at full operating temp...fan still doesnt come on....dual core rads....ill give it a search....

can you give me more in fo on the sticking thermostat...im also gonna do a search

 

search tool is good, i got tons of info, anyone wana say anything though?

 

check the radiator cap! c if its broken

 

ok upper radiator hose is hot, and lower one is just warm, so from what ive read im guessing my thermostat is stuck shut or something....which is causing my fan not to spin, right?which in turn is causing my engine to overheat....am i correct, will gettting a new thermostat fix this?

 

thermostat

 

so thermostat is the reason why my rad fan is not spinning right?? or do i need a new radiator too?

 

Hopefully your thermostat...Possibly a head gasket....See what the new thermostat does...

 

nooo dont say headgasket i dont wanna change that!!! please god no!
but nobody answer the question?
will bad thermostat stop rad fan from activating?

 

yeah most likely it is your thermostat. If your lower hose is warm it is opening a little but not enough. There is a sensor right after the thermostat and when the thermostat fully opens it heats the sensor to trigger the fan. Get a new thermostat

 

cool, i hope this fixes it, it's hella cheap....hope its not the headgasket or radiator cuz im low on cash right now cuz of damn school