i have a 94 z28, all stock pretty much, havent put but 15 miles on it total so i have a question, everytime i start the car 10 seconds later or so the fans kick on, even if its cold out, everytime, is this normal?

 

Not unless the A/C is on.

 

A/C and defroster can cause this.

 

If your a/c is on it will do it.

I have heard if the air pump is not working properly or has blown a fuse the ecm will turn the fans on even when cold, I think that's what was happening to me for a while. Now they don't turn on at all (faulty wiring or a faulty temp gauge) Luckily a couple of wires and a switch remedied that pretty quick.

 

i dont think the AC was on or the defroster was on, so knowing that how would i go about to remedy this problem? or is it a huge problem really?

 

Is your SES on? The fans come on when it does.

 

SES light has never came on this car since i had it

 

Does it come on when the key is turned ON (bulb test)? Just want to make sure it is working.

 

you know, you could be right, the thing is the car is in the garage at my camp right now, waiting for a new tranny, so i have the battery off and the car is also 50 miles away, lol so hard to tell right now, but i will check on that this weekend when i go out there, good idea though!

 

ok i checked this weekend and when i put the key in the "run" position, it DOES NOT light up the service engine soon light, all the other ones light up i think, like the "check gauges" light and stuff, but the SES light dosent come on when in the run position, or at all for that matter, but the fans kick on about 5 seconds after starting, defroster or a/c is not on that i can tell.... so knowing this what shold i do now?? also are you 100% sure the ses light comes on on my car when i put the key in the run position? i mean are you sure its supposed to, it does it on my truck like your saying but since the "check gauges" light comes on i thought that was about it, well anyways thanks in advance guys!

 

yes. the check engine light WILL come on when you turn the key to the on position. this is called bulb test as rob said. either the bulb is blown or someone removed it. either way you DO have a diagnostic trouble code in your computer that is triping the fan on. you will also have a code for the MIL circut since the bulb is blown or out.

get it scanned and see what codes you pull out of it and check the air pump fuse. it;s common