I apologize if this has been addressed before but I'm on my phone and having difficulty searching. No access to a computer at the moment.

My car has been running hotter than it should (95*C) in mild temps (55*F). I've noticed that the cooling fan will not engage unless the A/C is on. I've checked all the fuses (I think) and all seem well.

Not sure where to go from here.

 

95°C is perfectly fine and no issue.
Stock fan will engage without AC at a higher temperature, unless you do the -10C fan mod via SDS

 

Thanks for the reply. It did eventually kick on (without A/C on) around 98*C and stayed there. I'm going to replace the I/C pump as a general maintenance item as I've read this can cause higher temps.

 

The IC circuit will, if anyway, only cause higher overall temps if you floor the car continuously like a madman over many many minutes. You can actually "feel" the temperature of the IC circuit by touching the front Heat-Exchanger, which is part of the radiator "sandwich".
I find that even in hot summer days with AC on and some aggressive driving of the car, the larger HE gets barley hotter than "handwarm".
I never measured the actual temps, but i would assume the hottest i find was around 50°C at the HE. This does of course not translate into actual Intake Air Temperatures. My IATs Stock reached already 68°C during hot summer with AC on.

I did the "-10°C Fan mod", but made an actual -8°C mod out of it. Needle stays always around the 90°C mark which i find perfect

 

I have a new IC pump on the way. I was reading that that could be a possible issue for higher operating temps. When driving around last night I found that after pushing it hard then letting off that the SC wouldn't engage when I floored it again. Then, if I drove calmly for acouple miles and then punched it the SC came back online. IC pump was suggested then as well.

 

same happened to buddy. went on cruise at one point his s/c wouldnt kick in. replaced pump days later never happened again. i for one never had that happen, but the before and after watching my IAT's the pump deff helped.