Am having problems with my fan again, not coming on, have looked at fuse and it looks ok, and have shorted out the switch and it still doesnt work

could it be the wire earthing somewhere? any suggestions?

cheers for any replies,
Ghost

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did u get a new switch? my new one doesnt come on till 100 degrees

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nope i bypassed to test and it didnt come on

when it works my fan kicks in at bout 90

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Kev says have you tried your relay?
If not that try the temp sender unit, he says he thinks it should be mounted on the radiator or the engine.

relay for the fan circuit? is there one?
and cant see the temp sender unit affecting if the fan comes on/off (im bypassing switch n its still not working remember)

ofc i could be wrong as usual

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anyone know if theres any common places to find loose wiring which could cause this btw? (all my heater lights r out too! [])

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They is not a fan relay just the switch in rad. If you have replaced switch and bridged it out put a bulb in the connector instead of the fan and see if bulb lights. if it does fan faulty. The fan gets a direct +12 feed all the time and the switch supplys the earth to the cooling fan.

if the lights on the heater dont work (i presume ur talking about the ones that light up at night so u can see the dash) then thats a fuse. u 100% sure that a fuse hasnt gone?

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fuse for the fan aint gone, have looked and it looks in one piece (one of those clearish ones)

not sure bout the dash heater lights, r they down 2 a fuse u reckon?

if i gotta change fan again i wont b happy!


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tried replacing the bulbs? depends how many don't light up i suppose

Sie
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the only ones that light up are the 4 windscreen etc buttons

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yeah, that does sound like some wiring has gone. I had my heater control light out. quick bulb replacement sorted that out

Sie
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yeah sounds like something has come loose. all my interior lights are on the same circuit and run off the same fuse... take it out and nothing lights up.

really depends if the previous owner did any custom wiring. mayb a connetor has worked its way loose tho and thast why half of the lighting aint working (i aint got a clue if the fan is wired to the heater too tho)...

my previous owner did loads of extra wiring... its quite hard to see whats going on underneith the dash. all the alarm wiring and the remote central locking. its literally a maze of wires and plastic boxes heh

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this (along with Italian electronics) is why i stay the hell away from it all!

Sie
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the bulbs have got nothing to do with why the fan isn't working!! i'd say, take the fan switch off the radiator, get a multimeter and put the switch in boiling hot water, connect the multimeter (don't set to read voltage) to the fanswitch terminals and see if the meter changes it's reading. It should do if the switch operates, in which case it's not your switch that has the problem, possibly a faulty earthing problemfor the switch itself

i like the way you say removem the switch like is an easy task! [:0]


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lol, spelling bad, painkillers goooood!

heh... my fan switch came out easy peasy... didnt even have to get the bumper off .. justget a long socket of the right size and u can do it from the engine bay

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