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Author Subject: fan issue, brown plug
hsustyle

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Post #1
Car is nice and cool until I get stuck in a traffic jam or dead slow town traffic, temp hits 90-95 C and fans kick in as they should but today they didn't kick in.. I pulled over and unplugged the brown plug and fan/fans kicked in.
any ideas why unplugging it triggered the fans to come on?

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 18:06
jimmyhackers

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Post #2
that is a doosey :S when you pulled over and unplugged the brown plug was your engine still running and running over the desired tempreture?

on the bright side of the problem your fans are working and you wont need a new one. it would suggest an electrical/wiring problem.

first port of call would be check your relays. take em out shake em about. after that, wiring, look for burnt, crispy, nicked, clamped or squashed wires.

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 18:13
hsustyle

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Post #3
I'll have a poke about when I get home and try some combinations and update on here. fans stop when they should..

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 18:36
hsustyle

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Post #4
Engine was off when I pulled off the brown plug by the way. stayed on until I turned the key to the second point.it would then stop and stay off even when I have remove the key.

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 19:19
anth

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Post #5
The fans should come on if you pull the plug it's expected behaviour.

Could be the coolant temp sensor. Green one.

Did both fans come on web you unplugged the sensor.

You should get a few seconds o slow speed then it will kick in fully
Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 19:48
hsustyle

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Post #6
anth wrote:
The fans should come on if you pull the plug it's expected behaviour.

Could be the coolant temp sensor. Green one.

Did both fans come on web you unplugged the sensor.

You should get a few seconds o slow speed then it will kick in fully


both fans came on when I unplugged it. now,the car came to just over 70c, I parked up with brown sensor unplugged and fans came back on.I'll try a working green coolant temp sensor.

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 21:07
welshpug!

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Post #7
its a failsafe thing, if the sensor goes down the fans come on flat out, likely to be a sticky relay, faulty brown sensor, or faulty bitron unit.

green one wont affect the fans one bit, that's for the ecu.

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 22:25
hsustyle

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Post #8
Cheers Mei,I'll check the relay in the morning.ok to leave the brown one unplugged for now till I find what's wrong?

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Posted 20th Jun 2012 at 23:02
hsustyle

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Post #9
Where is the fan relay located?

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Posted 21st Jun 2012 at 08:22
welshpug!

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there's three in a little box behind the grille.

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Posted 21st Jun 2012 at 12:06
hsustyle

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Post #11
Got it.all sortedSmile eventually got to the relay, unplugged,wiggle wiggle. told it to get f*%$ed and now it all works. Left the car running on my drive,took a while to heat up.crept to 93-95 and both fans came on and temp went back to a steady 85-90.French msgic. thanks anyway guys, informative as always

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Beef Beyond Belief
Posted 21st Jun 2012 at 12:39

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