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Old 09-13-2019, 04:38 AM   #1
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Drove a Boxster to work as usual. Nothing happened today, I enjoyed driving her. Oil changes are in October.
So this morning, when I parked and got out of my car, this happened:


...and to the OP, +1 to the comments posted about the radiator fans. I had only one fan working for quite a while I suspect, but didn't realize it until the other one failed too. The fans were actually good, but the resistors went bad. Here's the inexpensive fix: Low Speed Fan Resistor Alternative
Here's one of many old threads about the problem: Radiator Fan and overheating
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Old 09-17-2019, 04:26 AM   #2
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...and to the OP, +1 to the comments posted about the radiator fans. I had only one fan working for quite a while I suspect, but didn't realize it until the other one failed too. The fans were actually good, but the resistors went bad. Here's the inexpensive fix: Low Speed Fan Resistor Alternative
Here's one of many old threads about the problem: Radiator Fan and overheating
Thanks for the tip!
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