Chicago Paddling-Fi****ng wrote:
> It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I
was
> driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a
pretty bad
> neighorhood to go to a co-workers family members wake when the Focus
> temperature went nearly into the red (it stayed within the white but was
right
> on the line. Always watching the gauges, I had already turned on the
heat on
> full blast as I noticed it get hotter. Of course, I also had my windows
rolled
> up because of the area I was in to avoid any troubles (the radio was
already
> covering a number of shootings by that time of night)...
>
> Sticky thermostat? Mis behaving fan switch?
>
> It didn't happen Saturday or Sunday, just when it would have been the
worst
> possible moment...
>
> Due to the car troubles, I skipped the drive thru and went inside to let
the
> car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru before);
> (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n2_v81/ai_13435569/pg_3)
>
Do you know if the cooling fan switched on?
if you need to cool the engine, switching the AC on may be the better
idea, it would kick the AC fan on which should also pull air through the
radiator.
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