JoeyLincolnMK8
Dedicated LVC Member
What is the best aftermarket cooling fan for our cars? I see a lot of them on summit, can anyone point me in the right direction? I appreciate it guys!
Do you have the plastic air deflector under the front bumper? This helps while driving, it forces air up into the A/C condensor & radiator. I know this to be true because my 95 was missing this part when I bought it. After installing it back onto the car the temp was reduced on the highway.
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When I bought the car, it never had this piece. But this issue has been a torn in my back for almost 2 years. The car ran fine when I bought it, that is why I think something else is going on.
Do you have the plastic air deflector under the front bumper? This helps while driving, it forces air up into the A/C condensor & radiator. I know this to be true because my 95 was missing this part when I bought it. After installing it back onto the car the temp was reduced on the highway.
Was your water pump new or a reman? A crappy pump can go out in a few months in rare cases. When you do the hoses inspect the internals
(of the pump). Something is blocking your coolant flow. Disconnect your hoses and check flow through certain areas in your engine, block radiator, heater core. Maybe your thermostat failed. Time to start taking stuff apart. Too many possibilites to diagnose. I doubt your fan is the culprit. Checking block temp is a good start.
I have a data logger (goes on OBDII port) that records different perimeters I can select and when I hook it up to a computer and download the data, I get a graph of readings. This time of year, being cool, I usually run around 170-175, but in hot weather, I can get readings up to 215, then the fan cuts on. It drops it down to about 200, then will go back up to 215, back and forth. I have a 160 thermostat in, and if I run the defroster in winter, it'll barely get up to 160-the fan runs when the defroster is on. When it gets up to the 'O' in Normal, it is (on my Gen 1) at about 215. When down around the ''A', it is around 175. As a general rule, I figure that my temps are like this:
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This is exactly what mine does as well. I start to get concerned when I see the gauge fluxuate like this. I hope it is the hoses, they appear to be the original back when the car was first put together in late 92...hahaha!