Fan noise once car is turned off??
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Fan noise once car is turned off??
Temps finally reached in the 90s today. When I got back from a spirited drive, I shut the car off and as I'm walking away, I heard a fan noise coming from the engine. Is this a cooling mechanism? What's going on?
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"...I'm a Dapper Dan man"
Perfectly normal!
It will automaticly shut off when the coolant temp drops below a specific temp.
Even most VW's even have an secondary electric water pump that even circulates coolant after the car is shut down! So do not worry . It will shut off after a few minutes.
It will automaticly shut off when the coolant temp drops below a specific temp.
Even most VW's even have an secondary electric water pump that even circulates coolant after the car is shut down! So do not worry . It will shut off after a few minutes.
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yeh , mine goes off all the time in this weather...hmmmmm wonder what would happen if I lowered the thermostat rating,if it has one??? anyone know by the way :o
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This freaked me out too the first time.
I read the manual and knew it would do this but after 3 months in south Florida I never heard it. Then suddenly one day last week, of course right after I get the car back from the dealership for my first oil change, it happened.
I turned off the car, got out and thought, "Oh crap I left the keys in the ignition and forgot to turn off the car!", then realized I had the keys in my hand.... scratched my head a bit till I remembered that little paragraph in the manual.
It did it again about 2 days later as I got home and pulled into the garage.
So over 3 months, of daily driving the car in Florida's sun to only kick on twice seems somewhat odd... but hey if it's running cool then I'm not going to complain
I read the manual and knew it would do this but after 3 months in south Florida I never heard it. Then suddenly one day last week, of course right after I get the car back from the dealership for my first oil change, it happened.
I turned off the car, got out and thought, "Oh crap I left the keys in the ignition and forgot to turn off the car!", then realized I had the keys in my hand.... scratched my head a bit till I remembered that little paragraph in the manual.
It did it again about 2 days later as I got home and pulled into the garage.
So over 3 months, of daily driving the car in Florida's sun to only kick on twice seems somewhat odd... but hey if it's running cool then I'm not going to complain
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Yea, my fan came on a few times last summer. I did RTFM, but didn't remember that part... so the first time it scared me and I ran inside and searched the forum, and... aha! Perfectly Normal ![Wink](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
It is very unsettling though to walk away from the car with something running like that, lol.
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It is very unsettling though to walk away from the car with something running like that, lol.
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