another noob question about overheating..

[CallMeRay]

okay...here goes.
-Car is absolutely fine on highway driving, temp stays below halfway.
-After sitting in traffic for a while, temp gauge is on the rise, if i rev around 2000 rpms, the temperature drops again. i noticed that while driving, turning ac on does NOT turn on my fan(s), once car was warm, waited and waited and fans aren't coming on? The cooling fan DOES come on after i turn my car off, so i know the fan is good. I tried jumpering the green connector like i read in another thread and that didn't make my fans stay on while driving..it made them stay on after i shut the car off (ugh).
-Finally, i'm coming home today, and my car shoots way up in temp, i'm freakin out, its on the H, like in the red, but the temp light doesn't come on...I cut the car off quickly and pop the hood (this is the first time temp has ever gone that high)...And after I pop the hood...theres nothing...the overflow resevoir didn't boil or even get hot...both rad. hoses were nice and hot/stiff, but the motor was not especially/noticably hotter than usual....No smoke from the hood no nothing.
I had a car before that used to overheat and doesn't the rad. boil over when the car overheats? Cuz thats normally when the overflow tank boils over too..Someone give me some help for my noobiness..Also, a link on how to wire the fans permanently on? BEing in florida, i don't think it was be such a bad idea to keep those puppies on, especially if the fan switch is bad (haven't had a chance to test the switch yet..) Help

[NAiL05]

Well you do have fan relays and a fan switch. Usually those should be activating the fans. If both fans dont turn on when you turn the ac switch to on (make sure ac button is pushed down) then coudl be switch or relays gone bad if not a wiring issue.

[ray ray]

sounds like your fan temperature switch went bad i believe its located right underneath your distributor.mine did this and thats what it was on my 93 ex f22a6.so check that and replace it that should fix the problem.

[CallMeRay]

so which switch is that on this page? there are two cooling fan switches and i don't want to go buying parts i don't need...anybody have a link to that DIY on wiring your fans on with the ignition switch? That would negate my need for cooling fan switches

[djcb]

that happened to me on my 92 ex coupe, there was a hairline fracture at one of the seams on the radiator. stupid question, but does the water level drop? if you are not loosing water, it could also be the waterpump or the water temp sensor, cause if the tep is not registered and the water pump does not turn on, the water would not circulate. I replaced mine with a Koyo (the stock fans do not fit) and my car got stollen like a week later. the other thing you can do to see if the pump is working is to leave the cap off and the hood up and them run the engine and you should be able to see the fluid start to move when the valve opens