I think my thermostat is bad but I want to see if anyone else has a chime in this. My car won't run good unles it's at normal operating temperature but it takes forever to get there. Other then that it runs crappy and studders. Here are some pics of my and my friend at Orlando Ale House charging up my battery because my fans must of drained them out after I turned off the car.
Hope you guys think its funny
Im on the left
2 thumbs down for the CA when it runs ****tty and causes me problems hehe j/p I love this engine
Pic of my beautiful girl...the G35! I guess the gf counts too heh j/k!
Normal Operating Temperature???
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i do think its funny that your fans suced your batteryi do think your girl friend is cutei do think her car is faster then yoursi do think it makes my car along time to warm up tooi do, lastely, think that you should pull codes for coolant temp sensor, and its normal for your car to run poor when its cold beucase its runing rich, warm up mode, try a new thermostat as well.
good luck. i often do that to my ca also lol.
good luck. i often do that to my ca also lol.
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haha thank you and that's my G35 haha not her's she drives a POS Lexus SC400 errr that always has problems.sdtouge wrote:i do think its funny that your fans suced your batteryi do think your girl friend is cutei do think her car is faster then yoursi do think it makes my car along time to warm up tooi do, lastely, think that you should pull codes for coolant temp sensor, and its normal for your car to run poor when its cold beucase its runing rich, warm up mode, try a new thermostat as well.
good luck. i often do that to my ca also lol.
but thanks everyone it was my thermostat that caused the problem. Now the temp stays solid woohoo
but 2 other questions....can an adjustable thermostat and temp. gauge run down your battery when your car is not on? Also do you think that the fans could of did it too? I mean the battery was totally out of juice since it wouldn't even jump start. I had to buy a new battery.
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Don't run the fans straight from the battery, relay them (or relay their relays) such that the fan system can only get power when the car is running; find and tap into a wire in the engine bay or interior that is only powered when the car is running, use that to run a relay to power the fans (or fan relays) such that they can't run it down.
having it wired to run after you shut off is useless, all you do is cool the radiator basically. there is not sufficient passive cooling / water movement from the cooling of the radiator to help cool the rest of the engine, any faster than if it was left there. If you are worried about shutting it off hot then idle it for a minute or so or get a turbo timer to do it for you.
I suppose it might be useful at the track to help cool it between runs just to get it sort of kickstarted on being cooler but you can just leave the ign to 'on' with the car not running :P
having it wired to run after you shut off is useless, all you do is cool the radiator basically. there is not sufficient passive cooling / water movement from the cooling of the radiator to help cool the rest of the engine, any faster than if it was left there. If you are worried about shutting it off hot then idle it for a minute or so or get a turbo timer to do it for you.
I suppose it might be useful at the track to help cool it between runs just to get it sort of kickstarted on being cooler but you can just leave the ign to 'on' with the car not running :P
or you can wire the fans to s switch inside the cabin, but that makes for some worries when the guys at the alignment shop dont really legitimize turing on my fans to go around the block lol worried aobut some warped head.
but yea, works great. shoot me a email if you have questions on how to wire it to a switcj.
but yea, works great. shoot me a email if you have questions on how to wire it to a switcj.