87 5KTQW injector cooling fan problem

[Nate Stuart]

You meant _rear (flywheel end)_ of the engine, right Avi? The sensor is
close to/under the area near the ISV. It is a single spade style sensor. The
bracket the sensor is screwed into is attached by several of the cam cover
nuts.

Later,
-Nate


> Paul,
> The injector fan has it's own sensor in the front of the engine left side
of
> cylinder head (facing the engine), the circuit that activate the fan makes
a
> contact to ground.
> You either have a faulty sensor, or the wire from the sensor fell off and
is
> making continues contact with ground, causing the fan to be on all the
time,
> Take care,
> Avi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Paul Meyers
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: 'quattro at audifans.com'
> Subject: 87 5KTQW injector cooling fan problem
>
> The injector cooling fan on my car runs anytime the thermoswitch is on.
This
> runs down my battery (what a current hog!). I removed the radiator
afterrun
> relay to see what effect this has, since I understand that it keeps the
> injector fan from running too long and ...  running down my battery. No
> effect.
>
> The Bentley shows some circuitous connection of the hot side through
through
> the radiator fan afterrun relay, but I don't know exactly how the afterrun
> relay controls things. Does it inhibit a circuit until the car isn't
running
> or merely make sure that the afterrun stops some time after the car shuts
> off?
>
> Paul Meyers
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