6stings
A2OC Donor
If any of this makes the sense to you, let me know, please, what problem could it be:
1st time:
A month ago, while crawling in the early morning traffic jam in Århus, Denmark, a piping warning almost made my ears bleeding and I was surprised seeing the big, yellow, coolant warning flashing. The temperature pointer was almost at 100 and was raising.
I managed to escape to the nearest parking lot, before it reached 120+, turned the engine off, took off the bonnet and placed it on the grass.
No signs of leakage, the coolant level was right between min & max, I was quite confused.
Smoked a cigarette, wondering what to do, cause I had to drive 150 km to Odense.
10 minutes passed, I turned the engine on and the coolant needle nicely turned back to 90, like nothing happened.
And that was it. I drove a few thousand km after that, with no signs of any problem.
2nd time:
Wednesday last week, I was crawling in the afternoon traffic jam, this time out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
I was thinking about engine temperature experience from month ago and was watching the needle, it was at 90 for a long time.
But, suddenly, it started to raise a litlle above 90 and, at the same time, the wind screen started to get foggy!?
No panic warning light or piping.
The air ventilation was at 2-3 so I turned it up to 10-12.
The fog was gone, and - the temperature needle went back to 90!?
Keeping the aircon blowing like hell, I continued to crawl at 20-30-40 kmh for about 30 minutes, with no engine heating problems. The needle was steady on the 90!
Finaly out of the jam, full speed up to Odense and Århus, no problem at all.
Back to Norway, no problem at all.
Learning from the last incident - when I have to drive slow, 1st gear, 2nd gear, 1st gear, 2nd gear, I keep the aircon blowing a lot. A speed over 60-70 kmh, I reduce the blowing.
No problems.
My questions are:
Do I have a radiator fan problem?
Do I have a thermostat problem?
Where could the problem be?
How can aircon control affect the engine cooling?
Appreciate your help and expertise!
1st time:
A month ago, while crawling in the early morning traffic jam in Århus, Denmark, a piping warning almost made my ears bleeding and I was surprised seeing the big, yellow, coolant warning flashing. The temperature pointer was almost at 100 and was raising.
I managed to escape to the nearest parking lot, before it reached 120+, turned the engine off, took off the bonnet and placed it on the grass.
No signs of leakage, the coolant level was right between min & max, I was quite confused.
Smoked a cigarette, wondering what to do, cause I had to drive 150 km to Odense.
10 minutes passed, I turned the engine on and the coolant needle nicely turned back to 90, like nothing happened.
And that was it. I drove a few thousand km after that, with no signs of any problem.
2nd time:
Wednesday last week, I was crawling in the afternoon traffic jam, this time out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
I was thinking about engine temperature experience from month ago and was watching the needle, it was at 90 for a long time.
But, suddenly, it started to raise a litlle above 90 and, at the same time, the wind screen started to get foggy!?
No panic warning light or piping.
The air ventilation was at 2-3 so I turned it up to 10-12.
The fog was gone, and - the temperature needle went back to 90!?
Keeping the aircon blowing like hell, I continued to crawl at 20-30-40 kmh for about 30 minutes, with no engine heating problems. The needle was steady on the 90!
Finaly out of the jam, full speed up to Odense and Århus, no problem at all.
Back to Norway, no problem at all.
Learning from the last incident - when I have to drive slow, 1st gear, 2nd gear, 1st gear, 2nd gear, I keep the aircon blowing a lot. A speed over 60-70 kmh, I reduce the blowing.
No problems.
My questions are:
Do I have a radiator fan problem?
Do I have a thermostat problem?
Where could the problem be?
How can aircon control affect the engine cooling?
Appreciate your help and expertise!
