Well Dont I feel Like An Idiot

For the past couple of months since summer arrived I have been chasing a car
that want's to run with the electric cooling fans on the highway.
It never overheated but it worried me. at the same time the water pump
stared weeping so I thought the small pressure loss may be the problem.
So I changed it and seeing as the coolant was lost anyway I changed the
thermostat as well. No change, still wanted to turn the fans on.
I had a look at the radiator and it was looking a bit worse for ware so I
thought I would change it, but an encounter with local wildlife meant that
the whole radiator, air-con condenser and fan needed to be changed.
So I got the car back with most of the front replaced and it is still doing
it.
I went to the dealer to ask then to see if they know what was going on. The
guy had a look and told me that 3 of the 4 air ducts that channel air
through the radiator are missing.
I had forgot the basic rule, no air = no cooling. At low speed that fans are
on to keep the airflow up through the system, so I didn't think anything of
it.
Don't I feel like an idiot.

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:23:11 +1000, Nicholas Bourne wrote:
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> I went to the dealer to ask then to see if they know what was going on.
> The guy had a look and told me that 3 of the 4 air ducts that channel air
> through the radiator are missing.[/color]


What are the air ducts? What model car? I know I had a two-fold problem
with my Supra; I removed the bottom cover, so air was bypassing the
radiator, and I also had a bad fan clutch. But with the cover in place,
the temp didn't get as high...