[V8] V8 running temps

Ingo Rautenberg i.rautenberg at waratap.com
Tue Jul 18 18:33:37 EDT 2006


Mike,

The thermoswitch is located at your bottom left when looking from the  
bumper towards the engine (engine side or radiator, of course).  I  
honestly don't recall when the auxilliary fan kicks in.  Usually, the  
viscous fan does just fine...

Ingo

On Jul 18, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Mike Del Tergo wrote:

> Finally got the new brakes and tires on the V8 and ran around with  
> A/C on in
> 93 % heat.  Question, when should radiator fan come on without the  
> A/C on? I
> mean what temp do you see on the dash gauge when fan should kick  
> in?  I was
> seeing a bit over 100 C with no fan first level.  With the A/C on the
> tornado speed fan kicked in.  I'm gonna check the coolant sensors  
> and found
> the one on the front of the head, where is the one listed as on the
> radiator?
> thx
> Mike
>
>
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