Overheating.

[boots03]

ok, i just got an 89 RS with a 305 5spd in it, and the car over heats.. i.e, it makes a whining noise from the front, and the fans dont kick on i think the whining nose is the waterpump, but how do you get the fans to work??

[wrightz28]

there's a swtich fan 'switch' sensor on the passanger side between cyls 6 and 8 you can pull the wire and ground, if the fan comes on the switch is bad.

Alot of people hack these fan systems up tho so look for odd wiring.

[boots03]

lol, yay.....so is it on the block, or wheel well

[wrightz28]

bottom of the cylinder head.

[boots03]

lol the fans dead, we hacked the wiring, and it dont kick on, so $57 later it should work

[wrightz28]

Why did you hack the wiring? merely taking the the wire off the fan switch and grounding it would have kicked it on and told you if you have a bad switch, and then if grounding did nothing, hook direct power and ground to the fan through the connector.