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Chicago Paddling-Fishing - 21 Apr 2008 06:38 GMT

It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I was
driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a pretty bad
neighorhood to go to a co-workers family members wake when the Focus
temperature went nearly into the red (it stayed within the white but was right
on the line. Always watching the gauges, I had already turned on the heat on
full blast as I noticed it get hotter. Of course, I also had my windows rolled
up because of the area I was in to avoid any troubles (the radio was already
covering a number of shootings by that time of night)...

Sticky thermostat? Mis behaving fan switch?

It didn't happen Saturday or Sunday, just when it would have been the worst
possible moment...

Due to the car troubles, I skipped the drive thru and went inside to let the
car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru before);
(http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n2_v81/ai_13435569/pg_3)

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Blinky the Shark - 21 Apr 2008 18:20 GMT

> It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I
> was driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a
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> the car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru
> before);

A drive-through wake? Interesting. :)

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Chicago Paddling-Fishing - 22 Apr 2008 16:04 GMT

>> It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I
>> was driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>> the car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru
>> before);

>A drive-through wake? Interesting. :)

Yep, (did you read the article I posted?) I thought it sounded interesting
as well. I figured something like that would be in California for sure (don't
they have drive in churches?) , but Chicago??

The car hasn't acted up again, but I've been driving close to home the
last few days where it knows failing wouldn't cause me pain...

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underdog - 21 Apr 2008 22:48 GMT

> It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I was
> driving my 2000 Focus Friday night in a what would be considered a pretty bad
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru before);
> (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n2_v81/ai_13435569/pg_3)

Do you know if the cooling fan switched on?

if you need to cool the engine, switching the AC on may be the better
idea, it would kick the AC fan on which should also pull air through the
radiator.

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Stanjo - 22 May 2008 10:03 GMT

Assuming you've already checked the fuses, a common problem is the resistor
assembly for the low speed of the cooling fan.
Also inspect the wire harness for burned contacts/sockets.

Idle the car and let it start to overheat. The cooling fan should kick in at
low speed a notch after the middle of the temperature gauge.
If the low speed fails and temperature continues to rise, the high speed
will kick in at about the red marker.
The low speed is always high speed when the a/c is on, so if the fan starts
with the a/c on and doesn't with the a/c off, it's the resistor.

-Stanjo

> It's suddenly a lot warmer in Chicago (31 shootings over the weekend). I
> was
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> car cool a while (i've never been to a place with a drive thru before);
> (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n2_v81/ai_13435569/pg_3)

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