Date:         Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:50:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Wade Shen <swade@UMIACS.UMD.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wade Shen <swade@UMIACS.UMD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: radiator fan not cycling  87 Westy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wade Shen [mailto:swade@umiacs.umd.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:42 PM
To: 'Mike Kozak'
Subject: RE: radiator fan not cycling 87 Westy


The fan relay should be much less than $100.  Do a fan test first by
removing the electrical harness at the fan thermoswitch and shorting the
low and high speed terminals to ground.  If your fan turns on, then you
can rule out the relay and the fan motor.  If the low speed doesn't work
but the high does, I'd check the Fan Resistor. If both work, then it's
either the thermoswitch or a coolant bleeding problem.  If neither work,
then you'll need to check the voltages of the high and low terminals to
determine if it's the relay or the fan motor.

Have you overheated? How high does the temp gauge get?

wade

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Mike Kozak
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: radiator fan not cycling 87 Westy


Greetings

Am having a problem with my 87 westy.  The radiator fan does not come on
at all - a big problem in stop and go traffic.  I've noticed in the PO
receipts that the fan relay was replaced once for $100+.  Does this
sound like the probable cause?  Is it difficult to replace?  Does it
have to cost $100+?

Mike Kozak
87 Westy



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