[Vwdiesel] fan was *more 81 Rabbit adventures*

[Bryan Belman]

I 2nd that good deduction.  The fan should be running
if truely that hot.
you would not be able to touch any metal parts of the
rad either unless you have thick hands.

--- B & R Decker <bdecker001 at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Hi Stephen;
> 	I think you are on to something here. The radiator
> fan should have
> been one of the first clues to whether the engine is
> really running hot. If
> the engine is truly hot, has coolant in the radiator
> and engine circulating
> properly then the fan would have to be running all
> the time if the
> temperature sensor in the radiator and the fan are
> in proper order. Normally
> on a VW 1.6 diesel in a Rabbit it is hard to get the
> temperature up enough
> in the winter time around here to cycle the fan. If
> I just start the rig and
> let it idle it would take forever. If I come back
> from a hard run and leave
> it running then the fan will usually cycle soon. One
> of the first things I
> do when I acquire or work on a Rabbit is to be sure
> the fan is cycling. If
> the fan cycles properly than the whole coolant
> system is working properly. 
> Brian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Stephen Kraus
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:04 AM
> To: William Longyard
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] *more 81 Rabbit adventures*
> 
> Radiator Fan?
> 
> On Dec 18, 2007 10:43 PM, William Longyard
> <longyard at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> > Get a new radiator.
> >
> > Bill Longyard
> >
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