AAARRGHH!!! my girlfriend is driving me nuts!! hahhaha so she calls me today to tell me that he car's temp was rising and rising when she would be stopped at stops lights........the temp would go back down when she would start to drive again. I litterally just finished solving her "no-start" problem 2 days ago so it's kinda annoying that all this is happening at once. (guess things like this are expected with an 11 year old car). I figure this will be an easy kill, 'cause a few months ago, i replaced the rad, upper and lower rad hoses, t-stat, and a coolant flush. 2 days ago i replaced plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ignition coil, and fuel filter. I don't have the car here to look at right now 'cause she's at work but when she gets home i'll get to it. I'm pretty sure it's her fan switch not turning on her fan. I mean, her fan not coming on would be the only thing that makes sense right? temp is okay while driving 'cause air flow cools rads......while stopped there's no air flow so temp rises. i told her wherever she has to drive, to just turn on her A/C when she comes to a stop to turn on her fan......and if worse came to worse to roll down her windows and put her heater on high if the overheating problem still persists. Anyway, i read that you can jumper the fan switch to see if it'll kick on but i don't have the car here to see where the fan switch is. Can someone let me know where it is so when she get's here i can solve this problem ASAP? the car is a 94 LS by the way. Thanks!!

 

over the weekend i had the distributor off had some dude i know set the timing "by ear"....'could can bad ingition timing 'cause overheating like this?

 

k i've ruled out it has nothing to do with the fan coming on or anything 'cause when i turn on the A/C (fan comes on) the temp still rises at a stop.........i have to check the coolant level and see if there is maybe some air in there........that's all i can think of 'cause the rad, upper and lower hoses, rad cap, and t-stat are only 3 months old. Anyone feel like throwin' in some advice here?

 

Can someone still answer this question about the fan please? Neither of my fans ever come on, and I am worried with summer coming up. What do I need to do to get either fan working again?

 

Do you need to know where the switch is? or how to get your fan to work? If you need to know if your fan actually works....just turn on your A/C and pop your hood and look (obviously don't stick your fingers in the fan ) but the A/C fan and the cooling fan should be rockin'......if they're not on then the fans are done...need new one(s)....if they work then it's the switch....unplug it (wherever it is) and us some wire/paper clip to by pass the switch and see if the fan fires up.