So, I shut my car off...
06-26-2004 | 02:54 AM
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War Eagle!!!
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From: Birmingham, AL
nah, that's normal when you drive it either long or hard in hot weather. It's an electric fan (obviously) and it's just helping the cooling system get back to normal thresholds. I hear mine occasionally.
My '94 accord did this back in the day, it must be just a honda thing!
My '94 accord did this back in the day, it must be just a honda thing!
06-26-2004 | 03:52 AM
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Suzuka Master
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From: Ninth Gate & So Cal
It will do that. Just watch out if it starts doing it all the time...
If it was really cool out, and you were on the freeway driving easy, and you never heard it before, something could be changing.
The fans will go on when stopped if the coolant temp is hot enough.
OTOH, if you see the car doing it all the time and you are not driving in traffic or hot weather, you might want to have the dealer look at it.
As far as just having the fans turn on after the car is shut down, it happens when it needs to; it's a normal feature.
With anything, if it starts happening too often and it's doing it in cool, easy-running conditions, it couldn't hurt to check in again.
YMMV
The fans will go on when stopped if the coolant temp is hot enough.
OTOH, if you see the car doing it all the time and you are not driving in traffic or hot weather, you might want to have the dealer look at it.
As far as just having the fans turn on after the car is shut down, it happens when it needs to; it's a normal feature.
With anything, if it starts happening too often and it's doing it in cool, easy-running conditions, it couldn't hurt to check in again.
YMMV
06-26-2004 | 05:52 PM
#7
Cruisin'
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German cars I have owned do it as well. VW, Audi, etc... In fact if a car has an aluminium engine without a thermostatically operated cooling fan, it is asking for trouble. Aluminium castings don't cool down well in a confined space, which then can easily lead to thermal stress cracks over time.
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06-26-2004 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
I wish! 
Although then the entire engine would keep running, not just the fans.
Although then the entire engine would keep running, not just the fans.
06-26-2004 | 08:52 PM
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my fan only kicks in when the car is running and even after a long drive or when its hot, the fan does not continue to run after I shut off the car. I've worked on my car even right after a drive while still hot and fan doesn't turn on.
06-26-2004 | 09:40 PM
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From: Brooklyn, New York
my legend does that.. i only heard it couple of times on the cl... (<<i dont take too long runns.. plus im ussually in ny.. i might probly start hearing it more offten because i live in fla now.. but only 1 week more and i get back my cl)>>
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