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engine overheating?

Mar 18, 2008 by mark h | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm writting from Quebec, pardon my english. I have a truck and when I turn on the air conditioning, the engine starts to overheat, the temperature indicator reaches the red zone . If I turn off the air conditioning the engine overheating stops, the indicator

OK You have two Fans at the Radiator, one is the Radiator Fan & two is the A/C Fan, Sounds like the A/C Fan is Bad. With the Engine running and Truck Parked lift the Hood. If the Engine is at or just above operating temp. the Radiator should be Running

sidecar0 | Mar 18, 2008

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