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Date:         Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:46:20 -0800
Reply-To:     ertrob bellcamp <mantid@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ertrob bellcamp <mantid@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      cooling fan dying?
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Hello all-

Recently temp light in my 87 GL started flashing. Last time this happened, indeed lowspeed fan operation was not occuring, and I replaced the resistor as well as the temp sender, and all has been well. With those two out of the way, I was a little worried. Coolant level is ok. Someone else recently asked about this, but the answers seemed to mostly be regarding eliminating false warnings, where I think my problem is actually the fan.

Using the steps here:

http://www.vanagain.com/How2fan.htm

I tried to manually start the fan, and it does work on both speeds. However, it sounds very "wheezy", like bearings or something are rattling around. I made sure the sending unit was plugged back in (and all the terminals looked good) and ran it up to temp to see. I couldn't get it hot enough for the light to start flashing, but the needle did go above the LED a bit, so I got out to listen for the fan. Usually I can hear or feel it through the dash, but could not. So I stepped in front and could hear it, again, acting pretty wheezy.

In my newbie view, this seems to indicate my fan is on its way out and needs replacement. I believe this is a pretty difficult/expensive repair, but am willing to do it if that is what is needed. Is there anything else I should check before taking it in?

Also, if memory serves, the expense of this repair is because the dash has to come out and that is a ton of labor. This would be a good time to also replace my (totally dead) ventiliation fan, right? I guess that is the silver lining of this dark cloud.

Thanks for any advice,

rob in long beach, ca 87 westy gl


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