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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
I don't know 3rd gens well enough, but I'm assuming it has electric fans. [if they are, they were swapped in - remember he has a built motor. i have a clutch fan on my '87.]
If somebody messed with the wiring maybe they could have reversed them by accident.
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i don't see how that is possible, really. reversing the fan would have next to zero effect on the amount of air that was passing through the radiator. it's like this, the fans are developed to force the maximum amount of air possible in one direction. they make them either push or pull. you can't take a push fan and make it pull, is my point. since they are specifically developed to push the maximum amount of air, just reversing the direction that the fan rotates will not allow it to pull the same amount of air. i have a couple of fans here, electric-type fans, and the blades really are quite different than the clutch fan of years ago. if the wires were crossed, i don't think the fan would operate.
anyway, i offered this up, and although i am unwilling to read through 5 pages of responses i don't know if i repeated anything. at least we got him off of selling the car, which is a positive move as far as i am concerned. here was my response:
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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
one way to learn a car is to take one completely apart. that could be worth its time, if you ask me. but you don't have a place to part it out, so that's out.
you don't want to sell it whole because it has a problem and, well, to put it bluntly, kiss that 6k goodbye.
it has a problem, you are not enjoying the car, you feel the time isn't right to sell it... dude, you've answered your own question. tighten your belt and get through the tough time with the car. you'll fix it eventually.
and you'll probably find it is a lot easier to fix than you think. with a car overheating, it can only be a handful of things: thermostat not working/sticking closed, clogged and/or worn out hoses (you'd be surprised how much the vacuum in the system sucks down on the inside of the hose and if it's well worn that could block off the coolant from circulating in the system), wrong type of cap, coolant leaking into the motor (what color is the smoke, if any, from the tailpipe), coolant leaking from the radiator, radiator blocked... just to name a few. there are other problems and ways of diagnosing them without throwing a bunch of money at it. if it's the thermostat, then you're done for less than $20.
so, don't sell it. do what you have to to make it by without selling it. people kick themselves years later after selling a car they used to enjoy.
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