Aargh - rad fan meltdown

[Huw Powell]

>     This appears to be a new area of concern to me then;
>
>     Could I just check what's being discussed here, - Rad fans burn out in
> some way which results in the overload and meltdown of the circuit which
> supplies them, and that circuit is unfused?

any electrical device could fail and its wiring should be protected by
an appropriate fuse in the circuit; for some strange reason a lot of
Audi radiator fan circuits do not pay attention to this little detail.

>     Which cars does this affect? , should I worry about my 87 CGT and 88
> type 44 ?

Worry more about the type 44, fusing the ground wire is covered in the
archives and probably a few people's web sites (I'd check Scott Mockry's
and Chris Miller's first)

For the type 85, see this:

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/radfan-afterrun.htm

it's in the bottom half of the file.  Audi set up the fuse and forgot to
use it!

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Huw Powell

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