... As I was poking around today trying to isolate a noise I noticed a sticker above the cooling fan that says that the fan may run even when the engine is off. There's nothing unusual about the sticker, it's always been there, I've always known it was there, and it's on every other electric fan cooled engine I've ever worked on...
But I got to thinking that I've seen quite a few cars overheat in the past (including my 98 Mystik), and none of them has ever run the cooling fan with the engine off (even though there'd be a reason to do so in an overheat situation)
So, has anyone actually seen this happen? Is the warning there to cover Ford's liability "just in case" (ie: the wiring shorts out, relay sticks, etc) or is there really some logic burried somewhere in the PCM that could someday jump out and say "hey, I'm bored, and today would be a great day to fire the fan up".
Maybe I'm just weird to think about such things.. :)
-- Steve
98 2.5l 5-spd Mystik
