AFAIK radiator fan comes on as soon as you turn on the AC. > From: John Rodgers <jhrodgers@MINDSPRING.COM> > Reply-To: John Rodgers <jhrodgers@MINDSPRING.COM> > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:54:18 -0600 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Removed A/C - Now Rad Fan is Dead '87 GL > > Robert Steven Fish wrote: > >> Help! >> >> I did a (seemingly) successful A/C system removal on my 87 GL. I let it >> idle in the driveway for another 5-6 >> minutes... no fan. >> > > Robert there is a relation between the Rad Fan and the AC. I can't give you > the > details, as I haven't studied it that much, but you should find it all in the > Bentley. I do know that the system is wired up in such a way that if the the > air > conditioner is "ON" and the temperature reaches a certain level the Rad fan > will > turn on. As the temperature continues to rise, the rad fan will go to full > high > and the AC will auto matically shut down. This is to relieve the heavy load > the > AC puts on the engine, there by making it run harder and create more heat. > Your > cutting wires may have distrupeted this system in some way that now the Rad > fan > doesn't work. > > This soesn't tell you much, I know, but maybe it will give you some ideas to > work with. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > |
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