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Fan running after the engine shut off. Is it normal? S70

posted by  eugene_eg on  Tue Apr 13 05:02 CST 2004
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I’m a new Volvo owner 2000 S70 AWD.
After driving for about 15 miles with just a few hills (4 block of hills in San Francisco)I shut off the engine and I hear this noise coming out from under the hood.
I opened the hood and I could hear what appeared to be like a fan running and it was blowing some air. It wasn’t the big fan where the radiator is, because it wasn’t spinning.
I’m assuming there’s some other fan that isn’t easily visible. It run for about 1 minute and then stopped. Is this normal? What was it? Was it a cooling for a turbo? Thanks!







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    Fan running after the engine shut off. Is it normal? S70

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray N. on  Tue Apr 13 12:42 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Did you have the air conditioning on? Some model years run the
    interior fan for a short period of time after you shut off the
    engine to help prevent moisture (and mildew) buildup in the vents
    (basically, that damp smell). It also helps to extend air conditioning
    component life. I'm pretty sure 00's have this feature (maybe someone
    else with a 2000 model year can comment).

    The main fan, up front, will also run after the engine is turned off
    if the car is hot. Leaving the car ideling in park on a hot summer day
    will also cause it to come on and stay on for some time. Sounds like
    this was not the main fan and the problem is not the thermostat (although
    it is a good idea to have the thermostat replaced around 70K miles since
    they often fail at that milage -- $15 part and 30 minutes labor to replace
    the thermostat).








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      Air con. was not runing...more... S70

      posted by  eugene_eg on  Thu Apr 15 08:48 CST 2004
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      The air conditioning was not running. The car is 2000 S70 AWD with 32K miles on it. The main fun that you could see behind the radiator was not running. The air and the sound was coming out from under the engine or somewhere close by but I couldn't see anything spinning. But something was definitely running and blowing air, in like 1 minute or so it stopped. Is there another fun somewhere near or like below the engine?






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