[s-cars] After Run Pump - Can it come on at a lower temperature?

Kevin Day kday at ultrameta.org
Tue Jul 13 23:21:04 EDT 2004


On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:45:19PM -0700, Sean Douglas wrote:
> The auxillary pump (and fan) is apparently set to run when the engine is
> turned off and the coolant temperature reaches 110C and shuts off at
> 97C. I've never witnessed this happening as 110C is pretty high. Has
> anyone tried replacing the thermo switch as per the S4tt (see link) to
> come on at a lower temperature? This seems like a good idea to me.

I haven't tried that, though it sounds like a good idea.  I did wire up
an extra defroster switch for a manual override function.  I'm sure that's 
been done before, but perhaps my Sharpie artwork is novel:

http://ultrameta.home.comcast.net/swturbocool/dscn7648.jpg

Wiring diagram is here: http://ultrameta.home.comcast.net/swturbocool/

-Kevin



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