Whenever I move my RA like across a parking lot and then turn it off again i notice what sounds like a huge fan running. Popped the hood and could feel air being pushed out by where the intake is. I could also feel air being sucked in by the front bumper openings. Wondering if anyone else experienced this and what it could be for sure.

 

happends to everyone sooner or later, its normal so don't worry

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transmission cooler fan. nothing to worry about.

 

you mean ENGINE cooling fan.... there is no stock TRANs cooling fan in the RA or EVO X yea its normal... my RA does that everytime i drive across countys... which is like driving for 130+ miles in like 70F to like 90F weather

 

It is very normal. I forget the exact physics and thermodynamics behind it, but in essence, whenever you drive a car, stop it, then drive it again for a very short distance and then stop it again, the engine coolant heats up in a way the car has to compensate for.

Think about it this way, you've just driven at 60 mph for an hour. Sure the car is producing a lot of heat, but there is a massive amount of airflow over the radiator. Now your car sits, all of the heat from the engine doesn't just disappear. Now, you start up the car after a very short period of time (the engine is still much hotter than when it was initially started), drive it a short distance, and there is almost no airflow over the radiator. The car senses this and engages the radiator fans in order to create airflow and dissipate the heat.

 

yep what he said ^^^ hahah