i was driving to work 40miles during the afternoon nice sunny hot day the temp gauge stayed at 1/4 then after work 215AM while driving i notice my guage go past that so i pull over in the freeway pop the hood and notice no coolant leak so i continue on driving now the temp is at 1/4 when i apply gas it stays at 1/4 when i step on it it goes up a lil bit when i slow down its rises my fan stays on all the time previous owner wired it to stay on when the ENGINE IS ON. Can oil play a role in this temp issue i was a lil low on oil? theres no gunkny milky in the motor or iin the rad

 

bump

 

The "problem" is that an EF radiator is nearly too big for the engine, so on the highway, you dont even need a radiator fan. oil might play a role, but unless your engine goes above the half mark on the temp guage, i would not worry about it.

as a side note, i drove for about 8 months without a radiator fan at all, not knowing it was unplugged for some reason when i bought my car. It was only sitting in an abnormally long drivethrough line on a 100 degree day did my car give any symptom that something was wrong. even still, my radiator fan rarely comes on unless i am driving it hard or sitting at a stoplight on a hot day.

 

yes i should worry about it.....it was my water pump leaking water from the weep hole.

 

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in your original post, you said it wasn't leaking.. now it is, so you *should* worry about it. I stand by what i said earlier, given the information you provided originally. That information changed, and so does the diagnostic.

 

got same problem still but no leak. my lower rad hose is always cold is that normal?

 

well that meens the thermostat isnt opening... so the lower hose is cold no matter how long and far you drive it?

 

i drive it for an hour in the freeway its still cold and the top hose is hot

 

stuck thermostat

 

pull out the thermostat and drive it again. if it still does it.. then I have a solution. if it doesn't, then you know what the problem is.