Engine Compartment Fan

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Originally Posted by porschedude

Actually, I heard the passenger side engine fan come on for 30 seconds after I parked the car for a few minutes yesterday. I guess that's quite normal if the engine bay gets too hot. Now that it's getting hot in the summer in Texas, I notice the temp needle has moved 1 mm to the right but I don' t think it's a big deal. Some people claim that the debris around the radiator bottom impedes the ar flow and makes the engine run a little hotter. I can only see that happening if there is massive amount of debris. It's a pain to take out the entire bumper to check the radiator bottom. Anybody with simple instructions to remove the bumper?

This was just posted in another thread... either here or at Renntech (I can't remember, I've slept since I found it).

http://www.realtime.net/~rentner/Porsche/Radiator/Radiator.html

It's a pretty good illustrated guide to getting into the radiators.

I'll be doing this soon, myself, since it IS getting hotter here in Texas. I've seen my temperature gauge a little hotter, but still very much within the normal range.

I'd consider cleaning the radiators as something to do every year, or at least every other year.