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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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alternator has no charge lol. (atleast thats what my uncle says) but yea he says it didnt get enough charge for the fans or something i still want another waterpump.
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 03:43 PM
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Maybe it *** undun from all dat mad rap u b listenin 2?
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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It's just repayment for never paying any attention in english class.
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Srsly? That is what was giving you all that grief? If the alternator was not giving charge then you would have more problems than just fans not turning on...
Like, no starting, hard starting, rough idle, dead battery, etc...
Any of those sound familiar?
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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Maybe it *** undun from all dat mad rap u b listenin 2?
lol what are you talking about i listen to rock to. so does that mean i need to get rid of my 10000 fist cd. and venkman whats up with you and my english class.


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Srsly? That is what was giving you all that grief? If the alternator was not giving charge then you would have more problems than just fans not turning on...
Like, no starting, hard starting, rough idle, dead battery, etc...
Any of those sound familiar?
well thats what he says i kno im going to test the car out before i go back to work, but i got my battery tested at autozone ,they said it was bad. It does take awhile for my car to start.
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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i dont think thats goana fix your problem if it cranked then it had enought to power up the fans
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by daniel6718
i dont think thats goana fix your problem if it cranked then it had enought to power up the fans
True that... the motor needs a lot more power to crank compared to just those fans.
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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lol i knew i wasnt the only person confussed about this. im goin to test the car this weekend to see what happens ,he says something like the the charge is above 13 the fans come on and my **** stays below 13 so the fans dont kick in yet.

So basically he is saying that i cant use the airconditioner in this hot texas weather, also cant even listen to my radio(probably what zach was talking about).
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Check the fan relay. If that is good, then you have bum fans. The ONLY reason the fans wouldn't kick on when the car is running is if they have crapped out. If you can start the car, there is enough electricity to run the fans.


Your car may also start slow because your starter is about to **** itself.
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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Ummm...yea at 200,00 miles you need a new starter. Man you gotta look at it this way. With that car that many miles you could have multiple things going out at once that all look like one simple problem. Like I said you need to get a guy that know s LT1's to take a good hard look at your car and give you a straight up diagnostic on where your cooling system and electrical system stands.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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umm yeah i work at autozone so i like know what going on here....see his vtach isnt compressing the right air compression so its through his modulators off so the thermostat wont open which is causing the car to over heat.... lol na jk "that guy " hope you get the car running again... hey my friend wants to run that yukon of yours u know the tahoe with the 22s and 2 12s on it.... come on go for it you got it.!!!!
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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lol thats my moms car man lol. you shouldve ran that viper at the meet.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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Get it runnin right. I wanna see if I can embarrass you in my DD. Of course it does come with a turbo...
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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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lol chill out. but he got the alternator check and nothin was wrong with it but some kid said that it was bad at autozone. Amazing huh and my mom bought the whole waterpump/opti thing from orileys yesterday and didnt even tell me.
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Originally Posted by I8ASaleen
I wanna see if I can embarrass you in my DD. Of course it does come with a turbo...
GET R DUN!!! LMAO
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