[V8] Overheating, loss of electric fan 92 V8 4.2

[cobram at juno.com]

QSHIPQ at aol.com writes:

> In the KISS strategy, it's the right thing to do first.

It seemed to me that the electric fan would never go on in V8Q #2, even
when temp gauge was indicating high temp.  But things didn't really seem
THAT hot when I opened the hood.  Radiator was brand new GDI and
everything else checked out (I even replaced the chip in the cluster).  I
knew I was going to do the traffic crawl for an hour or two in summer
traffic every week and was fed up enough to where I was going to park it
till winter.  Didn't have a non contact thermometer, so I stuck a piece
of cardboard (KISS tool #6987) in front of the radiator, after about 5
minutes the electric fan did it's thing.  Didn't overheat once in
traffic, no blown reservoir cap, hoses etc.  I still kept the "Ingo" GB
hose and a couple gallons of H2O in the trunk, just in case.
 
BCNU,
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