My DeLorean Journal
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Fan fail light.
Something weird happened today, I was driving around after work and
the Fan Fail light came on. So I stopped ASAP and turned the engine
off. The coolant temp gauge didn't go high but I'm not for sure that
it works. I know the PO took it into the shop for it overheating and
they bleed the system. But who knows if the gauge worked after that.
It doesnt move much, that I've noticed.
Anyway after I turned the engine off and and turned the key back on I
heard the fans running. I checked under the front and found that only
one fan was running- impressive system to know that only one was
running.
So I checked the "fan fail relay" it was warm but not hot(or on fire,
which is always good) I unpluged it and saw some slight melting on the
bottom by the connector. I will be replacing that right away!!
I should have checked if both fans were running when I first got the
car. But I have a feeling that they were both running- question is: is
the fan bad or the fan relay??
My guess is the relay. We'll see...
the Fan Fail light came on. So I stopped ASAP and turned the engine
off. The coolant temp gauge didn't go high but I'm not for sure that
it works. I know the PO took it into the shop for it overheating and
they bleed the system. But who knows if the gauge worked after that.
It doesnt move much, that I've noticed.
Anyway after I turned the engine off and and turned the key back on I
heard the fans running. I checked under the front and found that only
one fan was running- impressive system to know that only one was
running.
So I checked the "fan fail relay" it was warm but not hot(or on fire,
which is always good) I unpluged it and saw some slight melting on the
bottom by the connector. I will be replacing that right away!!
I should have checked if both fans were running when I first got the
car. But I have a feeling that they were both running- question is: is
the fan bad or the fan relay??
My guess is the relay. We'll see...
1 Comments:
You can always use a volt meter to see if theres any resistance if you want to know if that fan motor has gone bad or not.
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