I live in arizona and of course it's hot but yesterday I was in a bit of traffic in 106 degree weather and the temp gauge was up to just under the red line and the fan was not on. When is it suspost to activate? Question 2. What brand and # oil filter do you use ? Thanks for the halp.
Temp gauge/fan
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Generally the fan will come on when it gets to the "Dot". If you look carefully at your guage it will have a very tiny speck of paint about an 1/8th - 3/16th below the redline. If yours didn't come on it could be a variety of reasons. First thing would be to hotwire the fan and see if the motor is actually good. First thing I would do is check it by crossing the switch which is located under the right scoop. It has the two wire plug on it. Simply unplug it and jumper the wires over. It will complete the ground circuit that way. It won't make any voltage go to the fan if there is none availalbe though.
I usually tie into those same wires with a switch so i can control when the fan comes on. That way when you turn off the key the fan also turns off. No forgetting to turn it off and run the battery dead. Also, if the wire comes loose it won't short anything out since there is nothing but a ground wire.
With a spin on type filter there are a number of filters you can use. I don't have the list of them but i'm sure someone here does.
Sean Morley
I usually tie into those same wires with a switch so i can control when the fan comes on. That way when you turn off the key the fan also turns off. No forgetting to turn it off and run the battery dead. Also, if the wire comes loose it won't short anything out since there is nothing but a ground wire.
With a spin on type filter there are a number of filters you can use. I don't have the list of them but i'm sure someone here does.
Sean Morley
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