Overheated in my driveway...... cooling system questions???

[Dirtyjersey]

Originally Posted by g300d

Interesting chain of events. Kind of hard to trace because even when not overheating, our expansion tanks are notorious for killing themselves often.

Is your electric fan working? You can force it to turn on by engaging max AC.

About your mechanical fan, have never encountered even anecdotes of that kind of failure yet. Our more experienced members may be able to shed more insight on it.

Everything seems ok, but my max AC wouldnt come on? Maybe since the car knows it was only 30 degrees in NJ over the weekend? So still no signs of life from the electric fan, but it hasn't overheated either.

I do have a new minor annoyance noise though, it sounds like a chipmunk chirping or something from my pulley system? I can't narrow down exactly where the noise is coming from....... but if my fan clutch goes again, I'm taking a baseball bat to the car!

Anyway, thanks for the assistance!