[wjones14]

I've noticed it a few times now. The last time was the other day. I drove 4 miles to the gym, parked the car, got out and heard the fan running. I'm not even sure the coolant was up to temperature since the ride was 10 minutes at most, and it was about 25 degrees out. I figured it would shut itself off, and indeed when I came back to the car later it was off.

I previously had noted the same thing a couple weeks ago, after the drive to the gym as well. And one other time I noticed it was in my garage after getting home from a drive. When it happened in the garage, it shut off within 5 minutes or so.

Is this something I should bring up to the dealer or is it completely normal? I would understand if it was during the summer heat and additional cooling was needed after the coolant stopped circulating, but this was in freezing temperatures in the dead of winter.

[nioh_lbbm2]

It's normal. The cooling system also circulates and cools the oil which cools the turbos. The knows if it's too hot and will circulate as needed after parked.

[edycol]

Originally Posted by nioh_lbbm2

It's normal. The cooling system also circulates and cools the oil which cools the turbos. The knows if it's too hot and will circulate as needed after parked.

In 4 miles oil won't reach remotely close temperature to operating one. Especially in that ambient temperature.
Might be normal, but it's is not bcs. oil cooling.
I personally would check coolant temperature and potentially codes.

[David1]

Normal operation...

[wjones14]

Originally Posted by edycol

In 4 miles oil won't reach remotely close temperature to operating one. Especially in that ambient temperature.
Might be normal, but it's is not bcs. oil cooling.
I personally would check coolant temperature and potentially codes.

I hooked up my OBDII adapter and used the Dash Command iOS app with a coolant gauge yesterday. Outside temp was 20 F.

Made a quick pit stop at the CVS around the corner less than 1 minute away and shut down. The fan was not running.

Then went for a 30 minute drive. The coolant temp was up to temperature pretty quickly, between 5 and10 minutes. It went to 217, then dropped to 195, and stayed in the 200-210 range for the rest of the drive. When I arrived at my destination the gauge was showing 205. The fan was not running after shutting off the car.

I checked to see if there were any stored codes and there were none.

The car sat for 2.5 hours during my visit. The ride home was 2 miles and took 5 minutes. I had disconnected the OBDII adapter, so not sure what the temperature was. When I shut the car off in the garage, the fan was still running. When I checked 5 minutes later, it had already turned off.

My guess is that it's nothing to worry about, but it seems to be an odd algorithm that decides whether it will stay running or not.

[edycol]

Ok, that indicates ok water pump.