1996 over heating
#1
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1996 over heating
started my car today....after this brutal winter....ran great,then started to over heat... the fans didnt kick on......hit the ac button, fans, kicked in..and temp dropped....
.so i know they work.....need help ,
where should i look?......
.so i know they work.....need help ,
where should i look?......
#2
Burning Brakes
the instinct says that it has no coolant, or the gauge is reading wrong.
#3
Check to see if you are getting power and ground the cooling fan. I don't have an LT car, but some cars use different fans, or they use two control wires. If it only has two wires, and that same fan comes on with the A/C on then the fan is good.
After that, you would be looking at the circuit for the CTS, and the CTS itself. If that checks out okay.
And this is pretty unlikely if the fan is controlled by the same wire for both A/C and cooling. But check to see if you are getting either power or ground from the computer when the CTS reaches the fan-on temp. It's best to get this information from the ECM by using a scan tool, rather than the dash data. It uses two different sensors, and one or the other could be inaccurate.
If you don't have power or ground from that wire, which ever one it is supposed to supply, then the next thing I would do is test continuity on that wire from the point where you probed it, to the pin on ECM connector. If that's good, then the ECM is bad and needs to be replaced.
If you received either power or ground from the ECM at the correct fan-on temperature, then the problem would be in the wiring between the ECM and the cooling fan. There would be a short or an open circuit.
And that's how you do it. All you have to do now is find yourself a wiring diagram!
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i know that...i think it is a sensor...but don't know where it is......not a clogged radiator, anyone know were the sensor is
#5
Burning Brakes
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#8
Race Director
This for the second fan not coming on but it gives the drawings for both..
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...t-come-on.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...t-come-on.html
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What did the "Digital" temp read out list?
That digital gauge will give you a 3 digit readout.
Don't go by the analog gauge (the gauge with the dial needle).
Your cooling fans will not come on until the temps reach the 228°F range on the digital readout.
At that temp, your analog gauge will very well look like it is overheating.
That gauge does not have a linear scale, and is next to impossible to tell exactly what the temp reading is.
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#12
Race Director
Until he lists what the "Digital" temp gauge reads, we won't know how hot it was running.
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ok...today started her up again, and watched the digital gauge.....let her run op to 230, and the fans never kicked on....turned the ac on , fans on ,cooled off.... i have checked the 30 amp fuse, 40 amp fuse...all good I know the fans are good because they turn on...WHAT THE PROBLEM?...help me
#16
Safety Car
Citing a quote from Hib Halverson in another forum:
A 96 has two fans. Both run at the same time. The fans have two speeds low and high. When low fans are commanded the fans are wired in series. When high fans are commanded they are wired in parallel. There are three fan relays which operate the fans and which are controlled by the ECM.
"Low fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 219°F, engine oil temp is above 270°F or A/C head pressure is above 189 psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temperature is over 261°F low fans will come on. The fans will go off once CT drops about 11°F. If A/C head pressure kicks the fans on, it must drop to 150psi before the ECM will shut them off. Min. on time is about 50 seconds
"High fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 228°F, engine oil temp is above 277°F or A/C head pressure is above 225-psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temp is over 266°F, the ECM will request high fans. The ECM will turn off high fans once coolant temp drops about 11° or A/C head pressure drops below 189 psi.
If you saw 260 on the digital display and the coolant boiled over, obviously the car was way overheating. If you ran the car like that for any length of time, engine damage is possible. Hopefully that's not the case.
I'd be looking for cooling system problems other than just the fans such as restricted air flow through the cooling stack. Also, overheating really stresses cooling system parts such as radiator hoses, heater hoses, belts, radiator caps and so forth. Considering the car is 15 years old, if those parts are original, I'd carefully inspect them for damage.
But, again, the best way to troubleshoot the cooling fans on a 90-96 is using the diagnostic table in the Service Manual.
A 96 has two fans. Both run at the same time. The fans have two speeds low and high. When low fans are commanded the fans are wired in series. When high fans are commanded they are wired in parallel. There are three fan relays which operate the fans and which are controlled by the ECM.
"Low fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 219°F, engine oil temp is above 270°F or A/C head pressure is above 189 psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temperature is over 261°F low fans will come on. The fans will go off once CT drops about 11°F. If A/C head pressure kicks the fans on, it must drop to 150psi before the ECM will shut them off. Min. on time is about 50 seconds
"High fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 228°F, engine oil temp is above 277°F or A/C head pressure is above 225-psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temp is over 266°F, the ECM will request high fans. The ECM will turn off high fans once coolant temp drops about 11° or A/C head pressure drops below 189 psi.
If you saw 260 on the digital display and the coolant boiled over, obviously the car was way overheating. If you ran the car like that for any length of time, engine damage is possible. Hopefully that's not the case.
I'd be looking for cooling system problems other than just the fans such as restricted air flow through the cooling stack. Also, overheating really stresses cooling system parts such as radiator hoses, heater hoses, belts, radiator caps and so forth. Considering the car is 15 years old, if those parts are original, I'd carefully inspect them for damage.
But, again, the best way to troubleshoot the cooling fans on a 90-96 is using the diagnostic table in the Service Manual.
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Citing a quote from Hib Halverson in another forum:
A 96 has two fans. Both run at the same time. The fans have two speeds low and high. When low fans are commanded the fans are wired in series. When high fans are commanded they are wired in parallel. There are three fan relays which operate the fans and which are controlled by the ECM.
"Low fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 219°F, engine oil temp is above 270°F or A/C head pressure is above 189 psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temperature is over 261°F low fans will come on. The fans will go off once CT drops about 11°F. If A/C head pressure kicks the fans on, it must drop to 150psi before the ECM will shut them off. Min. on time is about 50 seconds
"High fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 228°F, engine oil temp is above 277°F or A/C head pressure is above 225-psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temp is over 266°F, the ECM will request high fans. The ECM will turn off high fans once coolant temp drops about 11° or A/C head pressure drops below 189 psi.
If you saw 260 on the digital display and the coolant boiled over, obviously the car was way overheating. If you ran the car like that for any length of time, engine damage is possible. Hopefully that's not the case.
I'd be looking for cooling system problems other than just the fans such as restricted air flow through the cooling stack. Also, overheating really stresses cooling system parts such as radiator hoses, heater hoses, belts, radiator caps and so forth. Considering the car is 15 years old, if those parts are original, I'd carefully inspect them for damage.
But, again, the best way to troubleshoot the cooling fans on a 90-96 is using the diagnostic table in the Service Manual.
A 96 has two fans. Both run at the same time. The fans have two speeds low and high. When low fans are commanded the fans are wired in series. When high fans are commanded they are wired in parallel. There are three fan relays which operate the fans and which are controlled by the ECM.
"Low fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 219°F, engine oil temp is above 270°F or A/C head pressure is above 189 psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temperature is over 261°F low fans will come on. The fans will go off once CT drops about 11°F. If A/C head pressure kicks the fans on, it must drop to 150psi before the ECM will shut them off. Min. on time is about 50 seconds
"High fans" is commanded by the ECM when either: certain DTCs are set, ECT is above 228°F, engine oil temp is above 277°F or A/C head pressure is above 225-psi. Also, when engine speed is over 3500 rpm and oil temp is over 266°F, the ECM will request high fans. The ECM will turn off high fans once coolant temp drops about 11° or A/C head pressure drops below 189 psi.
If you saw 260 on the digital display and the coolant boiled over, obviously the car was way overheating. If you ran the car like that for any length of time, engine damage is possible. Hopefully that's not the case.
I'd be looking for cooling system problems other than just the fans such as restricted air flow through the cooling stack. Also, overheating really stresses cooling system parts such as radiator hoses, heater hoses, belts, radiator caps and so forth. Considering the car is 15 years old, if those parts are original, I'd carefully inspect them for damage.
But, again, the best way to troubleshoot the cooling fans on a 90-96 is using the diagnostic table in the Service Manual.
#18
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[QUOTE=browningejm;1586454131]this all happened while idling in my driveway[/QUOTE]
The sensors, ECM, t-stat, coolant, fans, hoses, radiator, reservoirs, air dam don't know that the vette is just idling in the driveway.
The sensors, ECM, t-stat, coolant, fans, hoses, radiator, reservoirs, air dam don't know that the vette is just idling in the driveway.
#19
Team Owner
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The ECM certainly does "know" that the car is idling. As such, it should run the fans as outlined in your above post. If the car is moving down the road at >35 mph, the fans don't run.
The OP's problem seems to be the fans, triggered by the CTS. The use of AC activates the fans and the car runs O.K....according to post #1.
He needs to diagnose the CTS circuit, IMO.
The OP's problem seems to be the fans, triggered by the CTS. The use of AC activates the fans and the car runs O.K....according to post #1.
He needs to diagnose the CTS circuit, IMO.
#20
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The ECM certainly does "know" that the car is idling. As such, it should run the fans as outlined in your above post. If the car is moving down the road at >35 mph, the fans don't run.
The OP's problem seems to be the fans, triggered by the CTS. The use of AC activates the fans and the car runs O.K....according to post #1.
He needs to diagnose the CTS circuit, IMO.
The OP's problem seems to be the fans, triggered by the CTS. The use of AC activates the fans and the car runs O.K....according to post #1.
He needs to diagnose the CTS circuit, IMO.
...idling, no fans....turn on a/c...both fans kicked on low...then high...