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Old 04-05-2007, 09:16 AM
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ok here's the problem yesterday my neighbor told me that the car was making a sound almost all day. but i was too busy to check and when i do at night the fan was running with the car off. so went out and when i get back the battery is complete dead. what can be the reason the fan was running like that
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anyone know why this is happenning
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Uhhh...probably a wiring issue somewhere, i would check the fan relay first.
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fan switch short,
Old 04-05-2007, 10:18 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonknee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">fan switch short, </TD></TR></TABLE>

yea on/off switch for your fan would seem like a good solution. that way when your driving your fan will be on all the time so things stay cooler. OR you can run an on/off switch for your battery.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91.crx.si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

yea on/off switch for your fan would seem like a good solution. that way when your driving your fan will be on all the time so things stay cooler. OR you can run an on/off switch for your battery.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Did you even read the post? His fan is staying on when the car is OFF.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CanuckCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you even read the post? His fan is staying on when the car is OFF.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea so when his car is OFF, he can turn his switch to the OFF position for his fan. am i missing something?
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I was just saying he might have a short in his fan switch, previous owner ghetto rigged a switch and it shortet etc.
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ok when i disconnect the green plug next to the fan and radiator the fan turns off and if i just lightly put the plugs together it turns back on so what could it be the cooling fan switch?
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the fan switch is on the thermostat , its a two wire plug, yellow/green or some ****.
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this damn car is pissing me off so what is i have to replace the cooling fan switch or the temperature switch so that i could plug that green switch back without the fan turning on
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