This Protege has been an amazing car for me... bought it with 132k... now I am up to 271k.
I have noticed lately that when I am driving up hill the temp gauge rises and gets close to overheating... but as soon as I am over the hill the temp gauge returns to normal.
I have no problems driving 45 miles to and from work each day... keeping it under 70 mph seems to help that.
A couple of days ago I checked under the hood and noticed that only one of the two fans on the radiator was working.
Could this be a relay problem? I saw a video that some Mazda's have another sensor that can go from time to time that activates the secondary fan.
Or could it be the thermostat?
Would really appreciate some insight into what the problem could be. I will be fixing this issue over weekend... if possible.
I have noticed lately that when I am driving up hill the temp gauge rises and gets close to overheating... but as soon as I am over the hill the temp gauge returns to normal.
I have no problems driving 45 miles to and from work each day... keeping it under 70 mph seems to help that.
A couple of days ago I checked under the hood and noticed that only one of the two fans on the radiator was working.
Could this be a relay problem? I saw a video that some Mazda's have another sensor that can go from time to time that activates the secondary fan.
Or could it be the thermostat?
Would really appreciate some insight into what the problem could be. I will be fixing this issue over weekend... if possible.