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Started the stang after sitting since Oct

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jeffputts

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Hey all,

I started my stang after it had been sitting unstarted int he garage since Oct so that i could flip her around to replace the head gaskets. Well, she fired right up with a nice jump start. So i let her idle for about 30 min with no overheating problems. i was shocked, the fan kicked on when the temp gauge reached almost the M and it staye don for about 30 seconds. Well it wokred fine for that 30min fan kicking on, engine cooling, but the fan kept making louder noises. Then after about 35/40min of just idling, my fan kicked on at M and the engine temp kept rising like it did before, the fan shut itself off after the 30seconds or whatever. It did not turn back on, adn the temp got up to the end of the L when i shut the car off, started the car back up, and the fan kicked on and was quieter. Anyone have a cluse what the deal with this fan is? I had the recall done by ford a couple years ago. Thanks
 

swingline

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I have no idea but I'll bump for you.
 

hillie16

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Did you have the recall done on the fan?
 

randomjoker

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Hillie, did or did you not read his post?

jeffputts said:
I had the recall done by ford a couple years ago.
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jeffputts

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Does anyone have a clue about this? It is really strange, i read on some other posts it may be the ECT sensor. What exactly is the ECT sensor, i cant find any info on it.
 

hillie16

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randomjoker said:
Hillie, did or did you not read his post?



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DOH! Skimmed through the beggining and that instantly popped into my head LOL. Maybe the temp sensor?
 

swingline

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The ECT affects air/fuel, timing, etc so I don't think that is your problem. It could be the temperature sending unit though. If it is bad it could be sending the wrong temperature to the computer, which then tells the fan weird info. Here's a link if you want to try it since it is cheap:
http://secure.50resto.com/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=659&Category_ID=548
 

Venom351R

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I started mine up for the first time this after noon since NOV. Started right up w/ out any problems, dident need a jump start or anything and dident struggle one bit to start up. My temp was fine I let it run for about 20 mins, Im going to take it for a spin in the morn to make sure everything is ok. Only prob I really have is an exhaust leak by my headers b/c some are loose and Im missing a bolt
 

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Striped5.0 said:
I started mine up for the first time this after noon since NOV. Started right up w/ out any problems, dident need a jump start or anything and dident struggle one bit to start up. My temp was fine I let it run for about 20 mins, Im going to take it for a spin in the morn to make sure everything is ok. Only prob I really have is an exhaust leak by my headers b/c some are loose and Im missing a bolt
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Same...

When I started her for the first time since October, well she started first try, no problems, only thing , i think i have a muffler leak... anwyway, cant wait to put her out in april!
 

jeffputts

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thanks swingline, im gonna pick one up and try that out before i go tearing apart the whole engine
 
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