I noticed today my 98's fans were making a noise. They tried to come on for a second but went off. Do you have to replace the whole fans or is it just the motor?

 

The motors may be replaced by themselves.

 

See I drove the car today and the radiator boiled over, even though the car temp did not register it being hot. Didnt boil over that much, but I heard the fans making a horrible whining and then shut off. So I am guessin the motors are bad?

 

Tried turning them by hand, looked for anything making them bind up? Strange it would boil over and not register on the gauge - ECT sensor/connection maybe? Just guessing, would be weird IMO if both motors went bad at the same time...

 

Radiator cap might be shot.

 

It boiled out of the water resevior, didnt boil out at the radiator cap. The fans were whirring real loud and just stopped.

 

BTW the temp guage shows to fo no higher then between 160 and 180

 

replace the cap first

 

Yeah I think I will do that first. Never know that coulda been the problem. Would the radiator boil over without the car getting hot? Because the guage showed the car not to be hot, HOWEVER it boiled over when the car was running at a stop. I filled it up with water, and drove her home and it didnt boil over again??

 

It did sound like it was bubbling though, however when I took the cap off, it didnt SPEW out like it normally does on an overheated car

 

That is a good indication the cap is bad (if it bypasses into the reservoir when the temp is not very high).

 

Do the cap first - but the fans shouldn't make a "horrible whining" sound.

 

Alrighty I will update ya