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baldy483@yahoo.com - 29 Mar 2007 01:23 GMT

2001 nissan altermia when put the air cond on the car runs hot the
niddle goes all the way up like it over heating changed all the partes
in cooling system and even put in bigeer rad was fine after that last
yr now it starting again when i put the air on in the car any ideaswhy
even checked for head gasket leak none

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William Michael Greene - 29 Mar 2007 05:06 GMT

When car is hot, overheating are both fans running?

> 2001 nissan altermia when put the air cond on the car runs hot the
> niddle goes all the way up like it over heating changed all the partes
> in cooling system and even put in bigeer rad was fine after that last
> yr now it starting again when i put the air on in the car any ideaswhy
> even checked for head gasket leak none

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Telstar Electronics - 29 Mar 2007 18:41 GMT

On Mar 28, 7:23 pm, baldy...@yahoo.com wrote:

Are both radiator cooling fans running when the A/C is engaged? If
not... that's a problem.
If they are running... then check your radiator coolant level. If it's
low... that's a problem.
If the radiator is full... then you should start thinking about poor
radiator heat transfer efficiency... plugged up radiator?...
restricted airflow through radiator?

www.telstar-electronics.com

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TheFatMan® - 30 Mar 2007 02:02 GMT

> On Mar 28, 7:23 pm, baldy...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> 2001 nissan altermia when put the air cond on the car runs hot the
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> Are both radiator cooling fans running when the A/C is engaged? If
> not... that's a problem.

Could be the relay for the rad fan that is gone.

TFM®

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