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teleski · 05-10-2013, 08:29 PM

I have the great honor of sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on the LA freeways on a regular basis. In that circumstance the only airflow and cooling comes from the fans running. My temp needle swings between 'splitting the 8 and 0' and 'the right edge of the 0' as the low speed fans cycle on and off. The high speed fans never kick in as far as I can tell. When cruising I regularly see straight up readings, middle to right of the '8'. This is completely normal behavior as far as I can tell. Cleaning the radiator (mine are actually pretty clean) or a low T thermostat would not change the temp range over which the fans cycle.

05-10-2013, 08:29 PM	#15
teleski Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 124	I have the great honor of sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on the LA freeways on a regular basis. In that circumstance the only airflow and cooling comes from the fans running. My temp needle swings between 'splitting the 8 and 0' and 'the right edge of the 0' as the low speed fans cycle on and off. The high speed fans never kick in as far as I can tell. When cruising I regularly see straight up readings, middle to right of the '8'. This is completely normal behavior as far as I can tell. Cleaning the radiator (mine are actually pretty clean) or a low T thermostat would not change the temp range over which the fans cycle. Last edited by teleski; 05-10-2013 at 08:31 PM.