Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting unusually high temps...

Last night it was about 65 degrees or so. It was a beautiful night, and my tour was running a lil hot. Up in in the M of the temp gauge.. I got my coolant checked when I got my tranny fluid changed and it was good. Would could have caused it to change running temps so drasticly? Could it be the water pump?

Difficult to answer without point of reference of normal position of temp gauge and car mileage.
If O/R normal, then lack of lo-speed rad fan operation may be the cause.
WP impeller failure tends to be catastrophic and causes temp pointer to head straight to the red zone.

i'm having the same promblem my fan is not kicking in until its on the l i have been trying to figure out the promblem if i turn on the defroster the fan comes on sooner and keeps the temp down is there any way to check the low fan speeds of where is should come on

Sounds like normal operation for the Zetec engine which runs hotter than the v6. Defroster turns on a/c which automatically turns fans on at hi-speed.