so let me tell you all my fun night last night when my fan stoped working

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Jul 11, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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well all day i was having trouble with my fan i would hfta go hit the motor of it so it would turn on n it worked stayed on and everything had it tied in with my ignition.....
well on my way to the car meet i usually go to on thursdays my car was getting realllllllllllyyy hott so at the light were i would turn into the shopping center i heard a pop n then a bunch of smoke(well steam) f***ing pull into the parking lot lift my hood the fans off my overflow tank is shooting up like a fountain my cap for the box is no where in site so after about a half hr of bieng pissed off and yelling at all th dbags doing burn outs in the parking lot haha my step dad gets there n now the fan wont turn on for anything so we straig wired it to my batter n after 10 minutes of beating on it it finaly turned on so went to a gas station used there hose to fill up my coolent thank god it was cooler out last nite or else i probably wouldn't of made it home the fan was spinning soo slow...............so today hopefully can make it to a junk yard and get a fan n a cap...i heard pull a dual fan out of like a minivan or anything like that and that will help keep it cool any sugestions?
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Jul 11, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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Re: so let me tell you all my fun night last night when my fan stoped working
That maybe the longest sentence ever.

I just bought a new fan motor for mine at AutoZone.
I then just attached it to shroud and blades and put it back in.

I'm thinking that getting a fan from a minivan or something else may present a problem installing.

Good Luck
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Jul 11, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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hahaha yea gotta love long sentances
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Jul 11, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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Just replace the motor. MAke it brand new, that way if something goes wrong you can get it replaced.
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Jul 11, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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My #2 fan went out during the winter (I guess) and the engine never got hot....until the weather warmed up.

$26 dollars at O'Riellys & all is good now.

Fans aren't the most fun thing to change, but it wasn't hard either. Just more had to come apart than I initially thought have to.
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Jul 11, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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yea haah well good thing i got a back up car
lol moms bf has an rs too
so gotta use that tonight and junk yard tomorrow for a cap lol i still cant belive it like shot off
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Jul 12, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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get a new overflow cap at oreilly auto parts..their cheap
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Jul 12, 2008 | 01:44 AM
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Why would you goto the junkyard for that? That part is so cheap you should just buy it new.

It's a very important piece afterall. Do you want to crack your engine block over a serious overheat? That would cost you a lot more then the $30 for a new fan motor. Besides it's a real easy fix.
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Jul 12, 2008 | 02:31 AM
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i've got a fan off of a saturn wired into mine and it works no problem, and fits like it's made for the car.
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Jul 12, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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new fan motors are pretty cheap, pick one up at the local autoparts store and be on your way.

you said it was running hot while driving? Hows the air dam?

I had a similar thing happen a couple months ago, had a belt break, lost the alt and water pump, believe me it gets a lot hotter faster with no water flowing, blew water all over the place. To make matters worse i forgot my phone, had to walk to a persons house to call for a tow, left my car in neutral, rolled it 6-8 feet into a guard rail and caused over 1000$ in damage on top of overheating and a tow. and you think your night sucked....
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Jul 12, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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Re: so let me tell you all my fun night last night when my fan stoped working
Quote: new fan motors are pretty cheap, pick one up at the local autoparts store and be on your way.

you said it was running hot while driving? Hows the air dam?

I had a similar thing happen a couple months ago, had a belt break, lost the alt and water pump, believe me it gets a lot hotter faster with no water flowing, blew water all over the place. To make matters worse i forgot my phone, had to walk to a persons house to call for a tow, left my car in neutral, rolled it 6-8 feet into a guard rail and caused over 1000$ in damage on top of overheating and a tow. and you think your night sucked....
all im going to say i wow hahaha
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Jul 12, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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yea its my fan its just i dont ahve any money yo do anything hahah so its jsut sittin
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Jul 12, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Dude my car did that not two weeks ago. It sucks b/c it was me and my buddy. We let it cool down then once we get going it will stay down but if we stop were done lol. But i wired it up to this switch in my car where i can turn it off and on when i want to.
kevin
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