Radiator fan runs when I turn the Key and once again HELP NEEDED :D
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Radiator fan runs when I turn the Key and once again HELP NEEDED :D
Hello guys
another topic from me, and again.. another problem.
My radiator fan just keeps turn himself on when I turn te key ( not starting the engine )
I'm ******* around with this problem for 2 weeks, now I finally decided to once again throw this problem on some fora.
in the workplace honda manual on page 570 of 681, they describe some essential parts of the radiator fan system, but I'm missing them in my car.. I don't see the relay of the fan, the wires of it just disappear into a bigger wiring harnass.
But maybe I don't need it or I don't need to look after it.. So I'm stuck with some things.
problem : Fan starts when I switch to power while not starting the engine , so it's not that the sensor senses some heat or thing
probable solution : I don't know , maybe it's in the sensor, maybe in the connections to the sensor, anyways.. I need you to help me figure that out !
Help me out please
thanks in forward
another topic from me, and again.. another problem.
My radiator fan just keeps turn himself on when I turn te key ( not starting the engine )
I'm ******* around with this problem for 2 weeks, now I finally decided to once again throw this problem on some fora.
in the workplace honda manual on page 570 of 681, they describe some essential parts of the radiator fan system, but I'm missing them in my car.. I don't see the relay of the fan, the wires of it just disappear into a bigger wiring harnass.
But maybe I don't need it or I don't need to look after it.. So I'm stuck with some things.
problem : Fan starts when I switch to power while not starting the engine , so it's not that the sensor senses some heat or thing
probable solution : I don't know , maybe it's in the sensor, maybe in the connections to the sensor, anyways.. I need you to help me figure that out !
Help me out please
thanks in forward
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Re: Radiator fan runs when I turn the Key and once again HELP NEEDED :D (puk)
Seems pretty obvious that the fan is bypassing the thermo switch. Perhaps the switch went bad and someone hardwired the fan instead of buying a new one...who knows. Check the fan wiring. This was the case with my CRX before the fan went bad making all kinds of noise, now I have a manual switch. I found that I rarely need it running, except for when idling in warm weather.
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Re: Radiator fan runs when I turn the Key and once again HELP NEEDED :D (puk)
The previous person that owned that car of your before, most likely ran the fan directly to the ignition switch. Reason being one of the sensors wasn't working, so it wasn't sending the message to the fan so the fan wouldn't turn on causing the motor to heat up.
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Thank you guys, but this is impossible.
I own the car for a year right now, and I always drove it with a Z2 ( a6 ) engine, fan always worked correctly.
Now I installed a A9 ( zc ) engine and it's fucked up...
The fan always turns on.
What do you mean with a : Thermo switch.. you mean the sensor?
I own the car for a year right now, and I always drove it with a Z2 ( a6 ) engine, fan always worked correctly.
Now I installed a A9 ( zc ) engine and it's fucked up...
The fan always turns on.
What do you mean with a : Thermo switch.. you mean the sensor?
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he mans fan switch, which i think on this motor obd1 is on the thermostat housing. You have a cooling gauge or meter which is the single wire on the side of the head, Fan swich on the thermostat housing and the coolant temp. sensor swich 2 pin connector and or sensor on the side of the cylinder head.
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Re: (crx1.8)
ok, thanks
I already found the sensor of the fan, but ehrm.. I never heard of that sensor fail.
so what can I check.. what can I do ?
btw, My engine is a D16a9, that's ob0 not ob1
And the sensor of the Fan is not near the thermostate, but on the back of the engine, next to the oil filter
I already found the sensor of the fan, but ehrm.. I never heard of that sensor fail.
so what can I check.. what can I do ?
btw, My engine is a D16a9, that's ob0 not ob1
And the sensor of the Fan is not near the thermostate, but on the back of the engine, next to the oil filter
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I already mensioned 4 times now that I know where the sensor is, I know what is does, I know how it looks like , hell... I even know how it smells.
But I would like a plan or something and not just change parts..
Problem : fan turns on when I turn the key but not start the engine
( NO, it's not cuz of the previous owner I have the car for a year now but I did a Engine swap, No I don't have to replace the coolant sensor cuz the coolant gauge works fine and No I don't have Obd1, I have Obd0.
Can someone with an idea help?
But I would like a plan or something and not just change parts..
Problem : fan turns on when I turn the key but not start the engine
( NO, it's not cuz of the previous owner I have the car for a year now but I did a Engine swap, No I don't have to replace the coolant sensor cuz the coolant gauge works fine and No I don't have Obd1, I have Obd0.
Can someone with an idea help?
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Re: Radiator fan runs when I turn the Key and once again HELP NEEDED :D
dont you just hate it when people dont understand what your trying to say haha
ok bro heres a test that you can do to see if your fan switch is bad
and its very simple
first unplug the two single wires that go to your fan switch sensor thats on top of the oil filter
and then turn the key and see if the fan kicks on... it shouldnt because those two wires that you disconeccted are the ground wire to your fan
so if the fan no longer works after this test then you know that your switch is bad
and if your fan still kicks on even with the sensor wiring disconnected then that means that the ground wire has a short somewhere and its grounding out on the frame of the car turning the fan on
let me know how your testing goes
and i hope this helped
good luck
and yes i know the original post is from 06 but it never got a real answer and now it does ^_-
ok bro heres a test that you can do to see if your fan switch is bad
and its very simple
first unplug the two single wires that go to your fan switch sensor thats on top of the oil filter
and then turn the key and see if the fan kicks on... it shouldnt because those two wires that you disconeccted are the ground wire to your fan
so if the fan no longer works after this test then you know that your switch is bad
and if your fan still kicks on even with the sensor wiring disconnected then that means that the ground wire has a short somewhere and its grounding out on the frame of the car turning the fan on
let me know how your testing goes
and i hope this helped
good luck
and yes i know the original post is from 06 but it never got a real answer and now it does ^_-
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