Help Me Preserve My Repurtation

[Paul Caouette]

Last night after connecting everything...except the cable bracket.......we
started the car and truned on the a/c. The fan spun like a dervish.

I've yet to drive it around (due to the fear of falling transmissions) but
will do so today after I crawl under it yet again.

It's barely 55 here in Denver so I'm not sure how the temp will do.

Will keep you posted.

On 9/2/06, L DC <ldc007usa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Paul, did you figure out why the fan was kicking in at
> such low speed, which as you said was much lower than
> the normal low speed fan, as controlled by the fan
> switch?
>
> Two years ago, I had a similar incident in my VW QSW
> and was quite possible the culprit in your daughter's
> car.
>
> The culprit: Loose fan wires at the fan switch
> connection on the radiator. A loose connection of the
> wires to the fan itself would also cause the same
> problem.
>
> Back then, upon popping the hood of my car, a
> burning-wire smell emanated right from under the
> radiator where the fan switch is located.
>
> Power was being supplied still but because the
> connection was very loose, the fan turned very slow
> and the connection at the fan switch was overheating
> because of power overload.
>
> As I pulled the wires off the fan switch, a little
> flame lit up, destroying both, the female spades and
> its plastic casing.
>
> Fellow listers, please correct me if I'm wrong on this
> one.
>
> Here is what I think:
>
> I believe the two hot wires connected to the fan
> switch in my QSW (same as in the 5KTQ) carry the same
> amount of power to the fan.
>
> A resistor regulates (located on the fan bracket in my
> car) the power on one of the wires to run at lower
> speed, which equates to the lower temperature setting
> on the fan switch.
>
> Then second hot wire does not have a resistor hooked
> up to it, thus, full power is applied to the fan.
>
> Now the question is:
>
> Would a failing resistor cause a lower than normal low
> fan speed?
>
> By the same token, I think a failing resistor would
> cause high fan speed to kick in at the lower
> temperature setting on the fan switch.
>
> -Regards,
>
>
> Louis
>
>
> --- Paul Caouette <paxnobis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Audifans,
> >
> > Last week my daughter's 90Q (20v) started
> > overheating so I volunteered to
> > "fix it."
> >
> > Now I've been preaching troubleshooting to her since
> > she could walk into the
> > garage. "Always start with the simplest solutions
> > and work towards the most
> > complicated.It saves you lots of effort."
> >
> > I drove the car in witht the guage a bit past center
> > and popped the hood. No
> > fan....Hmmm. That's simple. Then I reached in and
> > gave the fan blade a
> > spin......The fan began the run but at very low rpm.
> > Lower than even the low
> > setting on the two stage fan.....Hmmmm. Looks like
> > it can't be the
> > thermostat 'cause it either on or off. So I forget
> > my own lesson and spend
> > the next three days removing the fan motor. In the
> > process I broke off the
> > plastic stem that connects the expansion tank to the
> > radiator and had to
> > drill and tap the hole for a metal insert. I finally
> > get the fan out after
> > wrestling with the shroud and discover on the benck
> > that it works just
> > fine....&%$*@&!
> >
> > Just before putting the shroud back in I discover
> > that the engine mount is
> > broken so I spend another night replacing that.
> >
> > Tonight I tell her, "You have to help me
> > reassemble." And she does.
> >
> > We had a great time but like all my work I alway
> > seem to have an extra nut
> > or screw left over. I made light of it and told her
> > it always happens and
> > not to worry.
> >
> > We start up the car and everything works fine. Even
> > the metal stem!
> >
> > "See," I said, "You don't ever need all the parts
> > they put on a car."
> >
> > Wwe drop it off the jacks and she backs it out
> > slowly. As the car backs out
> > there on the floor is a bracket. She stops the car
> > and gets out. I pick up
> > the braket and we both contemplate it. It is
> > something I can't recall
> > removing and I can't for the life of me figure out
> > what it is...or where it
> > fits.
> >
> > Katherine is now reluctant to drive the car..and I;m
> > reluctant to admit that
> > I might have really screwed up.
> >
> > Perhaps one of you might have access to the parts
> > fiche (or DVD) and help me
> > with botha aname and an idea as to where it might
> > fit
> >
> > The number on the backet is 443419857A.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated..... although perhaps
> > I should maintain that I
> > am a dummy so she won't be asking me to fix her
> > car...ever again!
> >
> >
> > Paul
> > In Dnever
> > '83 TQC
> > 89 200 wagon
> > 90 20v q
> > 1998 A4 Avant
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-- 
Paul Caouette