Today, after getting home from about a 20 mile trip, I revved up the egine then turned it off, as I usually do. I got out to get somethign from the trunk, but noticed that something was running in the engine. I popped the hood, and looked, but the engine was off. It sounded like the intake was sucking air, or something. It was coming right from that area too, like underneath the battery/intake. I left the hood open, thinking maybe it was an overheating thing, as it was 92 here today and I drive a BB. But it persisted, so I turned the car back on, then right back off. Whatever it was, stopped, and the car turned off like normal.

I've never had this happen before. Any ideas?!

 

its your fan coming on. happens to me every time i drive the hell out of my car.

 

Do not worry it is normal. It is just the fans staying on to cool down the engine. May stay on for a few seconds all the way up to 5+ minutes.

 

WOW

No wonder RX-8's look and perform so well.

They get blown everytime they stop.


/cool.

 

^haha

 

read your manual

 

haha.

it weirded me out the first time to.

 

wow.........

 

Time for a Spring Thread

 

its not just the 8 that does this. i find it strange that so many people find it strange

 

^+1

Just about every car i've owned did this...especially after long drives or hot days.

 

well I've never had this happen to me. So it seemed odd.

 

Wow nice post

 

Yes let it run. If you put the key back in and turn, it cancels the cooling down mode.

 

I've never had it happen on another vehicle either. And yeah it does freak you out the first time. After that, you can just let it freak everyone else out while you walk away with a smug grin.

 

I never questioned it... always knew it was the fan for some reason.

BUT, I have been freaked out by it because of other people. I got to work and was there for about 5 or 10 minutes when one of my bosses walks in and tells me my car is running. I was like "wtf... how could I have forgotten..." so I immediately grab my pocket to feel for keys, and sure enough, they're in there. Took me a sec to figure out what was going on lol.

 

i'd like to see this... summer's coming up!

 

That's funny the way he described it... mysterious... like it was magic or something.

How could you not realize it was just the fan?

 

^

 

btw, if you turn your car back on and then off again. the fans will stop. like you noted.

THAT IS A BAD THING.

dont do it.

 

yeah this was odd the first time it happened to me too. It seems to have at least two different speed/intensity settings for the fan. I just figured it is what it is and let it run. Typically ***** itself down in a couple minutes.

Does anyone know if this ever runs while your car is actually running, or is it only for when it is actually shut off?

 

Easy, if you're not aware of it. It only happens on cars with electric cooling fans, not belt-driven fans. And not even on all electric fans.

My wife used to have an '86 auto Accord, which did not do this. I had an '87 Accord, which did.

No matter how many times I explained that it was just the cooling fan, she'd panic if she went into the garage and the cooling fan on mine was running.

As Kersh says, when it happens let it go. Defeating it interferes with cool-down and is a bad thing.

Ken

 

video or it doesnt happen

 

With my Cobb then fans come on almost everytime I shut the car off now that its getting warm, makes me happy to know my car is helping itself

 

Yah, I get the wife not knowing... but I just figured enthusiasts who buy a fine sports car would know mechanically how this stuff works and what's happening.

Maybe I'm expecting to too much.