If you gently "scratch" the radiator fins with your finger nails and that
they bend or fall off, your rad is bad and needs to be changed. Other signs
are a redish or greenish colors on the rad means a replacement is required
soon. But if it's like 35C outside, its normal for the fan to run every 1-2
minutes when idle.
"Pars" > wrote in message
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> I think my engine fan is running a little too much. I wonder if it's a
> sign
> that my radiator is starting to go bad?
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> Pars
> 98 Civic Hatch
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>> I noticed that my honda 89 civic the fan is not running
>> everytimes I've opened the hood and just looked at it.
>> The fan was not running. If my fan is not running, should my
>> temp gauge going up more I drive the car, but it doesn't. The temp
>> gauge shows the normal temp. Today I opened the hood when the temp
>> gauge is normal level, I started the car the fan was running on couple
>> of seconds, then it stop.
>> Is this normal? What possible problem I might have?
>> Does it has to do with theomostat?
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