Originally Posted by
Fjp3105
The needle climbed to max... top of the spectrum.. H as soon as the car was parked and idling for 10 mins after driving to the store and back. Which means the fan was running earlier but decided at some point to stop running, even though it should have been.
As I said in my previous post the movement of air through the rad as you drive is often enough to dissipate the heat from the engine. When you are stationary there is little heat lost through the radiator.