Engine Compartment Fan

[porsche986spyder]

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.

Yeh, that's normal. I live in Texas too. And mine does the same thing because it's getting hotter now. By the way, I bet no one knows that the fan on the passenger side pulls air in when it kicks on. Most peole just assume that it vents the air out, but after hearing mine come on in the garrage the other day, I held a paper towel up to it to see which way the air was flowing. Sure enough it almost sucked it right into the vent. So, it's not venting hot air out, but pulling cooler air inside to cool off.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by porsche986spyder

Yeh, that's normal. I live in Texas too. And mine does the same thing because it's getting hotter now. By the way, I bet no one knows that the fan on the passenger side pulls air in when it kicks on. Most peole just assume that it vents the air out, but after hearing mine come on in the garrage the other day, I held a paper towel up to it to see which way the air was flowing. Sure enough it almost sucked it right into the vent. So, it's not venting hot air out, but pulling cooler air inside to cool off.

Hi,

Right. Again, that's consistent with a system designed to cool the AF charge, Intake Runners and Fuel Rail. My Turbo Esprit also has an Engine Bay Fan and it too draws in cooler ambient air and operates on shutdown. It draws the air right in past the Carburettors to prevent Vapor Lock if the car is to be started before everything can cool down. It also exhausts this air past the Turbo (to aid in cooling it) and out through the Wheelwell...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[CJ_Boxster]

HANDS UP, THIS IS A HI-JACKING!!!.....
is it normal for your radio to cut out for a split second when the engine bay fan triggers on?

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

HANDS UP, THIS IS A HI-JACKING!!!.....
is it normal for your radio to cut out for a split second when the engine bay fan triggers on?

I would say NO. Mine never does this. Sounds like a grounding problem?