Exactly !  Here in my shop any time any work is done that has any relationship to the cooling system I do this test:  Let the engine run at idle for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour and the rad fan should come on and off on the LOW speed repeatedly.  If it does not, then that needs to be fixed, rad fan sensor switch, ballast resistor, water pump, radiator, coolant leak or whatever, BUT that rad fan MUST come on and off at idle after the temperature of the engine rises to past normal operating temperatures.

> On Jun 1, 2016, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> I know it's not Friday but I have to wonder. You have had both an engine =
> and then a transmission installed by servicing facilities. Neither one =
> tested and made sure the cooling system was working properly? Were they =
> instructed not to bother or they just threw those major parts in and =
> left you to go for it? I can=E2=80=99t imagine warranting anything not =
> knowing if the cooling system is working. Rant over!

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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