a little help with my 92 cabriolet pleeeeeez.........

[dubhead82]

ok...i just got a 92 cabriolet as a gift and the person that gave it to me said that it had problems overheating so he had the radiator replaced .....now the machanic that put it in said there should be no problems with it overheating as long as every time i use the car i turn on the fans by pulling some type of crome knob near the steering wheel to turn on what i think r the fans . is this normal for those cars ......and if it is or isnt wil i or will i not have any problems with it. will someone plz help me. im dying to use the car. thank u very very much

[Fourt1thirty]

WTF? Chrome knob? Usually when the fans stop turning themselves on and off it's a bad temp switch on the radiator. It's BEYOND me why people always find they need to replace it with a toggle switch, or hardwire it to the battery when the correct replacement switch is under $15.

If the knob on the dash turns the radiator fan on and off it should work. It's a half assed fix, and asking for trouble one day when you either forget to turn it on and overheat the car or forget to turn it off and kill the battery.

I'd go find a real mechanic.