More Accord Cooling Issues
 

I think I finally diagnosed my Honda Accord fan problems to a bad main
ground. Many of the wires connecting the negative battery terminal to the
frame were frayed and broken off. I believe that it is fixed because both
fans now come on when I turn on the airconditioning and they did not prior
to this fix.

I then changed the coolant, bleed the system and filled the reservoir. As
the manual states, I started the car and let it idle with the radiator cap
off until it warmed up. The manual states to let the car warm up until the
fan runs twice. Well.....my fan never came on. So I put the cap on and
went for a drive. I drove for about 20 minutes and then brought the car
back to my driveway where I let it idle for more time. Still....no fan.
However, the car never overheated. The temperature gauge just stayed in the
middle.

I live in upstate NY and the temperature yesterday was in the upper 30's.
Is it possible the engine coolant never reached the temperature required to
start the fan because of the cool outside temperature?

Also, what looked like a small amount of steam was coming from the
reservoir. I don't think it was actually steam because the car had not
warmed up when it started and the coolant in the radiator was actually still
cold. I think it was just vapor from the temperature difference between the
coolant and the air. Looking at the reservoir it appears that the vapor was
coming from the reservoir cap. When I took the cap off and looked at it, it
does not contain any seal....is this normal?

Thanks,
Bill

Re: More Accord Cooling Issues
 

Well I changed my thermostat about 3 weeks ago on my 96 Accord in about 50
degree weather and let it idle for about 10-15 minutes and the fan never
went on. The temp gauge never went above the highest point it had reached
previously during ownership and the air from the heater was nice and toasty.
So I finally wedged some paper in between the linkage to get the idle up to
about 2000 rpm and after several minutes the fan finally kicked on. No
problems there.

The reservoir cap is not sealed because the reservoir isn't sealed. It is
simply a container.

CaptainKrunch


"WORSS" <wrector@nospam.nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:a8eJb.102720$JW3.73648@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
> I think I finally diagnosed my Honda Accord fan problems to a bad main
> ground. Many of the wires connecting the negative battery terminal to the
> frame were frayed and broken off. I believe that it is fixed because both
> fans now come on when I turn on the airconditioning and they did not prior
> to this fix.
>
> I then changed the coolant, bleed the system and filled the reservoir. As
> the manual states, I started the car and let it idle with the radiator cap
> off until it warmed up. The manual states to let the car warm up until
the
> fan runs twice. Well.....my fan never came on. So I put the cap on and
> went for a drive. I drove for about 20 minutes and then brought the car
> back to my driveway where I let it idle for more time. Still....no fan.
> However, the car never overheated. The temperature gauge just stayed in
the
> middle.
>
> I live in upstate NY and the temperature yesterday was in the upper 30's.
> Is it possible the engine coolant never reached the temperature required
to
> start the fan because of the cool outside temperature?
>
> Also, what looked like a small amount of steam was coming from the
> reservoir. I don't think it was actually steam because the car had not
> warmed up when it started and the coolant in the radiator was actually
still
> cold. I think it was just vapor from the temperature difference between
the
> coolant and the air. Looking at the reservoir it appears that the vapor
was
> coming from the reservoir cap. When I took the cap off and looked at it,
it
> does not contain any seal....is this normal?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>

Re: More Accord Cooling Issues
 

Well I changed my thermostat about 3 weeks ago on my 96 Accord in about 50
degree weather and let it idle for about 10-15 minutes and the fan never
went on. The temp gauge never went above the highest point it had reached
previously during ownership and the air from the heater was nice and toasty.
So I finally wedged some paper in between the linkage to get the idle up to
about 2000 rpm and after several minutes the fan finally kicked on. No
problems there.

The reservoir cap is not sealed because the reservoir isn't sealed. It is
simply a container.

CaptainKrunch


"WORSS" <wrector@nospam.nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:a8eJb.102720$JW3.73648@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
> I think I finally diagnosed my Honda Accord fan problems to a bad main
> ground. Many of the wires connecting the negative battery terminal to the
> frame were frayed and broken off. I believe that it is fixed because both
> fans now come on when I turn on the airconditioning and they did not prior
> to this fix.
>
> I then changed the coolant, bleed the system and filled the reservoir. As
> the manual states, I started the car and let it idle with the radiator cap
> off until it warmed up. The manual states to let the car warm up until
the
> fan runs twice. Well.....my fan never came on. So I put the cap on and
> went for a drive. I drove for about 20 minutes and then brought the car
> back to my driveway where I let it idle for more time. Still....no fan.
> However, the car never overheated. The temperature gauge just stayed in
the
> middle.
>
> I live in upstate NY and the temperature yesterday was in the upper 30's.
> Is it possible the engine coolant never reached the temperature required
to
> start the fan because of the cool outside temperature?
>
> Also, what looked like a small amount of steam was coming from the
> reservoir. I don't think it was actually steam because the car had not
> warmed up when it started and the coolant in the radiator was actually
still
> cold. I think it was just vapor from the temperature difference between
the
> coolant and the air. Looking at the reservoir it appears that the vapor
was
> coming from the reservoir cap. When I took the cap off and looked at it,
it
> does not contain any seal....is this normal?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>

Re: More Accord Cooling Issues
 

Well I changed my thermostat about 3 weeks ago on my 96 Accord in about 50
degree weather and let it idle for about 10-15 minutes and the fan never
went on. The temp gauge never went above the highest point it had reached
previously during ownership and the air from the heater was nice and toasty.
So I finally wedged some paper in between the linkage to get the idle up to
about 2000 rpm and after several minutes the fan finally kicked on. No
problems there.

The reservoir cap is not sealed because the reservoir isn't sealed. It is
simply a container.

CaptainKrunch


"WORSS" <wrector@nospam.nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:a8eJb.102720$JW3.73648@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
> I think I finally diagnosed my Honda Accord fan problems to a bad main
> ground. Many of the wires connecting the negative battery terminal to the
> frame were frayed and broken off. I believe that it is fixed because both
> fans now come on when I turn on the airconditioning and they did not prior
> to this fix.
>
> I then changed the coolant, bleed the system and filled the reservoir. As
> the manual states, I started the car and let it idle with the radiator cap
> off until it warmed up. The manual states to let the car warm up until
the
> fan runs twice. Well.....my fan never came on. So I put the cap on and
> went for a drive. I drove for about 20 minutes and then brought the car
> back to my driveway where I let it idle for more time. Still....no fan.
> However, the car never overheated. The temperature gauge just stayed in
the
> middle.
>
> I live in upstate NY and the temperature yesterday was in the upper 30's.
> Is it possible the engine coolant never reached the temperature required
to
> start the fan because of the cool outside temperature?
>
> Also, what looked like a small amount of steam was coming from the
> reservoir. I don't think it was actually steam because the car had not
> warmed up when it started and the coolant in the radiator was actually
still
> cold. I think it was just vapor from the temperature difference between
the
> coolant and the air. Looking at the reservoir it appears that the vapor
was
> coming from the reservoir cap. When I took the cap off and looked at it,
it
> does not contain any seal....is this normal?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>

Re: More Accord Cooling Issues
 

Well I changed my thermostat about 3 weeks ago on my 96 Accord in about 50
degree weather and let it idle for about 10-15 minutes and the fan never
went on. The temp gauge never went above the highest point it had reached
previously during ownership and the air from the heater was nice and toasty.
So I finally wedged some paper in between the linkage to get the idle up to
about 2000 rpm and after several minutes the fan finally kicked on. No
problems there.

The reservoir cap is not sealed because the reservoir isn't sealed. It is
simply a container.

CaptainKrunch


"WORSS" <wrector@nospam.nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:a8eJb.102720$JW3.73648@twister.nyroc.rr.com.. .
> I think I finally diagnosed my Honda Accord fan problems to a bad main
> ground. Many of the wires connecting the negative battery terminal to the
> frame were frayed and broken off. I believe that it is fixed because both
> fans now come on when I turn on the airconditioning and they did not prior
> to this fix.
>
> I then changed the coolant, bleed the system and filled the reservoir. As
> the manual states, I started the car and let it idle with the radiator cap
> off until it warmed up. The manual states to let the car warm up until
the
> fan runs twice. Well.....my fan never came on. So I put the cap on and
> went for a drive. I drove for about 20 minutes and then brought the car
> back to my driveway where I let it idle for more time. Still....no fan.
> However, the car never overheated. The temperature gauge just stayed in
the
> middle.
>
> I live in upstate NY and the temperature yesterday was in the upper 30's.
> Is it possible the engine coolant never reached the temperature required
to
> start the fan because of the cool outside temperature?
>
> Also, what looked like a small amount of steam was coming from the
> reservoir. I don't think it was actually steam because the car had not
> warmed up when it started and the coolant in the radiator was actually
still
> cold. I think it was just vapor from the temperature difference between
the
> coolant and the air. Looking at the reservoir it appears that the vapor
was
> coming from the reservoir cap. When I took the cap off and looked at it,
it
> does not contain any seal....is this normal?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>