Nicole

It sounds like this car got into really good hands. Keep going, Christian!

Maleficio

Still, you really should check for voltage at your fan connector, and verify your ground. After that, verify your relay is working right. After that, pull and clean all your grounds throughout the car. Replace the one from the engine block to the chassis. They rot. After that, pull your pod and verify your coolant temp gauge is working as it should. It may be a little off.


Just kidding.

Congrats on the easy fix. Not everyone gets off so easy on critical gripes like this one.

delisedesign

haha that is exactly the type train of thought one gets into when this sort of thing happens...when i started working on this car, i was cautious, and i still am. i definitely draw the line on what projects are out of my league... but im learning so much about it and loving the process, cant stop working on her...as long as i steer clear of major f-ups ill be content

respecting cars engineered like the 928, i feel somewhat obligated to prove that they are just a matter of looking after, and that they are not overly complex or 'problem prone' but rather that they are just worth caring extra for...

delisedesign

and yeah, i feel pretty damn lucky...was so relieved when i saw those fans coming on

Maleficio

I know the feeling. My car turned to crap in about fifteen seconds one day. I was running on at least one cylinder and was able to turn the car around and park
it where I usually park it.

I had earlier sprayed Amsoil Powerfoam into the intake, almost a half-can, let the car sit for 20 minutes, fired it up, it ran great, blew white smoke everywhere for ten minutes, then I tried to drive it.

Turned to crap. It took me twenty minutes of head-scratching to figure out that I had fouled the plugs with the Powerfoam. I was almost out of time to buy new plugs. Got to Autozone just in time, bought some coppers, got home, removed and replaced the plugs, fired up perfectly.

I had installed Pulstar plugs before this. They have caps inside that are supposed to generate a tremendous spark. They work great in my Volvo XC70, but I've not yet sprayed Powerfoam into the Volvo's intake. I'm not going to.

The Powerfoam had become cemented on the plug end leaving a shiny black coat of "something", a permanent foul. Luckily I was able to return the plugs and get my money back. Pulstar didn't say anything about not using Powerfoam.