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Cooling fan dead?

norcaltim
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norcaltim

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Hi all, I want to see if I'm missing something before I go ahead and install a new cooling fan.

 

Noticed the car was staying hot much longer than usual on Friday, checked the fans, driver's side fan wasn't on. Hooked up the Durametric today, got nothing on either setting (low/hi). Checked the fuse/relays and didn't turn up anything (swapped with passenger side fuse/relays just to be sure).

 

I replaced my passenger side resistor a year or two ago but the symptoms were different. In this case, with no operation at either low or high, it seems like a fan replacement is in order. Am I missing anything here?

 

Thanks again!

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Sounds reasonable. Once you unlug the fan, you can verify if you have power on the car connector side while activating the fan with Durametric. Also, you can bench test or supply power to the unplugged fan and confirm it's dead.

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A bit late for an update, but it was indeed a dead fan.

 

Installing the new one was a bit of a pain, had to get the tap and die set out to attach the new fan to the old housing. The fan doesn't come with any threads in the attachment holes, I suppose this is to ensure the fan doesn't come loose or something.

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