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Vampyric cooling fan 900 1993

posted by  rafferd on  Sat Apr 26 04:48 CST 2003
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I got into the '93 960 on Friday morning only to find that the battery was completly flat.
When my kind neighbor jump started the car for me, the cooling fan went on at full blast and would not go off. So much current was being drawn that the engine would barely idle!
When I shut the car off the night before, the fan was not running. I waxed the car that evening and would have heard it?
I shut off the fan by disconnecting the relay located near the battery.
When I reconnected the relay (in daylight) for testing the fan did not go on!
What forces of darkness are at play?
Is the cooling fan relay at fault. Can it be resoldered as suggested elsewhere?
The coolant temp sensor was replaced recently and it seems off the hook. When it went I had a hot starting problem.
Strangely, the beast runs quite well with its fan exorcised, never getting out of the normal range.
Thanks for your suggestions,
Dan








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    Vampyric cooling fan 900 1993

    posted by  torrec57 on  Sat Apr 26 08:14 CST 2003
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    See diagram, I think a faulty relay would be the only one that could make it run after shut down.
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      Vampyric cooling fan 900 1993

      posted by  rafferd on  Tue Apr 29 14:31 CST 2003
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      Thanks!
      I put in a new relay ($53 with discount) and the car is as before.
      In cool weather the fan appears not to come on. I put on the A/C in hot weather and the fan behaved itself, shutting down with the ignition.







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