Hot engine

[wildcatloe]

Okay check engine light in on....and everywhere I go it could be 5 min drive or 45 min drive when I shut car off fans turn on to cool down engine so appearantely my engine is getting hot but the temp gauge is on normal and coolent in the radiator is full my car has never over heated according to my temp gauge .... any suggestions?

[STREET-SPEC]

The fans are supposed to turn on to keep the engine from getting too hot after turning the car off, that's why it says fan may cut on even when the car is off. They also turn on when your sitting in traffic because there's no air feeding into the radiator.

[STREET-SPEC]

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[wildcatloe]

The fans are supposed to turn on to keep the engine from getting too hot after turning the car off, that's why it says fan may cut on even when the car is off. They also turn on when your sitting in traffic because there's no air feeding into the condenser.

Okay I understand...how about check engine light? The car is running perfectly fine it's just annoying to see that light is on yu kno?

[408cb7]

Its normal for the fans to turn on when the car is off after driving for a while, as for your check engine light being on check what code your ecu has stored and go from there.

[EsperHamid]

Okay I understand...how about check engine light? The car is running perfectly fine it's just annoying to see that light is on yu kno?

most probably that annoying CEL is EGR code 12

[accordztech]

If its annoying, then see what the CEL is. If everything is fine, who cares check the CEL.

[deevergote]

The CEL has nothing to do with the heat of the engine. The fan running is normal. If the temp gauge is functional, and not showing that the engine is overheating... then the engine is not overheating.
If you mean anything other than that, you might want to try typing more clearly, because you are pretty damn difficult to understand. If we can't understand you, we can't help you.

[Mishakol129]

I don't mean to jack this thread but I was wondering if its normal when you have the engine off that the fans turn on intermittently for about 5 or 10 seconds at a time. Like, they don't stay on but will turn on for about that time, then turn off and randomly come back on.

[deevergote]

For a short time after turning the car off, yes, I believe that is normal. If it continues for more than a few minutes, then there may be a problem.

[accordztech]

Sometimes if you turn off your car and your fans run right away, play with the coolant temp sensor at the upper neck. If it turns on and off the fan then you have a small issue there, either a bad connector of some sort

[EsperHamid]

Sometimes if you turn off your car and your fans run right away, play with the coolant temp sensor at the upper neck. If it turns on and off the fan then you have a small issue there, either a bad connector of some sort

Sometimes when i turn off the car after a drive, the fans run right away for a few minutes then shut off ... I thought it was normal, isn't it?

Other times when I turn off the car they dont run, however if i re-turn the key to the ON position, they turn on right away then I turn it to the off position and the fans turn off again

[accordztech]

I should of re-worded it. It is normal.

I had a weird issue with my plug and it would run even after 5 minutes of idling, my culprit was that connector.

[EsperHamid]

I should of re-worded it. It is normal.

I had a weird issue with my plug and it would run even after 5 minutes of idling, my culprit was that connector.

OH YEAH ....just found it TODAY !! what a coincidence that was ... and horrifying too !! NO CEL !!! ... DAMN !!!

[accordztech]

OH YEAH ....just found it TODAY !! what a coincidence that was ... and horrifying too !! NO CEL !!! ... DAMN !!!

No shit lol.