Re: slightly hot e-30 (so far?)

[JHahn22@xxxxxxx]

Hello everyone,
Just to post the solution to this problem which I posted a few weeks ago.  
Turns out it was fuse number 16 (I think).  The fuse for the high speed 
setting on the aux. fan had somehow blown.  I have to admit being impressed 
with the cooling system on this car.  I only had it get noticeably warm 
twice, and both times, turning off the A/C seemed to solve it.  Nice to know 
that with the hi speed setting working, I shouldn't have any worries about 
this car handling the heat of Texas summers.
Thanks for the replies to this problem,
hopefully I've got it licked now.
Jake Hahn

In a message dated 4/8/01 4:33:28 PM Central Daylight Time, JHahn22 writes:
> Hello again everyone,
> Lately I've noticed that the temp needle on my 89 325i starts creeping 
> upwards whenever I leave it idling for very long with the A/C on.  A month 
> or so ago it was about 85 degrees out and I was stuck in bumper to bumper 
> traffic for about an hour or so.  I noticed towards the end that the needle 
> was well past the 3/4 mark on the guage and approaching red.  I shut down 
> the a/c and the temp dropped down fairly quickly.  I've noticed it getting 
> warm like this (not as much though) other times when it idles with the A/C 
> on.
> I'm wondering if this is normal.  It hasn't gotten hot enough to make me 
> think the engine was in any danger. . .yet.  But I live in central texas 
> and it will be getting a LOT hotter this summer.  I just want to be ready 
> for it.  I remember hearing about a low and a high speed on the aux fan, 
> and some reason why the high might give up.  (H2O temp sensor in bottom 
> right hand corner of radiator perhaps?).  Somebody please refresh my 
> memory, and let me know if I'm being paranoid.
> Thanks in advance,
> Jake
> Bryan, TX

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