audilary fan is acting "moody"

[robert weinberg]

does anybody have the actual part number or exact name of the fusable link - 
it's the same part as the "thermal switch", right?

and to be clear - this little piece of joy is under the coolant reservoir, not 
in the fusebox?

is this the part that "clicks" when you hear the fan come on? my fans been 
working fine again - but i have heard a few "clicks" in months past before the 
fan would turn on. like you'd hear 3-4 rapidfire clicks - then the fan would 
turn on. is that the relay doing the clicking (the one in the fuse box)? other 
time - just the one click.

but that one drive home, i heard no clicks - and no fan came on either.

thanks for the education ;-)

thanks,
Robby




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From: George <gsidman at webloq.com>
To: PeterBergin at aol.com; centaurus3200 at yahoo.com; 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 2:00:58 PM
Subject: RE: audilary fan is acting "moody"

Audi, in its infinite wisdom, mounted the 80 amp fusible link right under
the water reservoir, just to make sure that any overflow would corrode the
fuse. I am sure that these fuses were surplused from a failed WW2 French
motorbike company.  I mounted a real fuse up on the strut web and eliminated
the problem completely.

George Sidman