overheating 93 accord

The last couple of weeks, when I sit at a long light and idle with the
AC blowing, my car has overheated all the way up to high. We pulled
over and popped the hood to notice that the radiator fan was not
spinning, when the car is in idle. Any suggestions or help for this?

 

How many fans you got?

 

If you haven't replaced the thermostat do that for relatively cheap.
The reason it is not overheating while moving is due to the air
blowing
across the engine . . . obviously different story while sitting at a
light.
The thermostat sits inside a housing unit if you follow the hose from
the top of the radiator back towards the firewall you should find it
held on
by I believe simply two bolts. This is a cheap initial attempt at a
do it yourself fix (your thermostat tells
your fans when to kick on for simplicity).

Good luck

 

Hi,

Do you mean the Thermostat or Thermostat switch?
The thermostat controls when water should flow to the radiator, where as
the thermostat switch controls when the radiator fans should kick in.

When you start the car from cold and imediately switch the A/C on, the fans
should start. If they don't then I suspect either the fuse to the fans, or
the motors
themselves are broken. If they do run when the A/C is turned on, I suspect
the
thermostat switch is faulty and not telling the fans to switch on when the
engine reaches a certain temperature.

If you consider it a bit further, when sitting in traffic with the A/C on,
the engine
should not overheat as the A/C has started the fans, therefore I would
suspect
that the fans are not running under any circumstances.
Like the guy said below, when you are moving there is enough air flow
through
the radiator to prevent any overheating.

Hope this helps a bit!

Nik