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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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Radiator fan not working

The engine coolant fan is not working properly and I am getting a little overheating. The overheating is only bubbling a little fluid out of the resevior but over a couple of days, the resevior is emptied. The fan is supposed to come on when temp get too hot, and it doesn't. The fan works when the A/C is on.

The kid who drives the car does not always let me know when the add water light comes on so I need to stop the problem.

Any idea?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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You can pull the fan and put power to it to see if it is bad.
You can hook up a test light to the plug to see if it as power when the engine heats up.

Then from there depending on the problem, replace the faulty part.
 
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