[urq] : A/C - fan always on?

[Buchholz, Steven]

... seems to me if you looked at how the early urqs are wired you could emulate that and get a fan that is always on when the A/C was turned on ... if anyone would like for me to do some digging to figure how that would be done just ask!

I don't think the worry was about overheating the engine, but rather ensuring airflow over the condenser coils ... 

Funny thing ... this reminds me that I deliberately bought the Fox without A/C ... later I found that the engine temperature cycled quite a bit when driving in heavy traffic on a hot day, so I decided to look into adding a switch to manually turn the fan on ... which would have been a simple matter if I had A/C ... but since I did not I did not have a control wire anywhere inside the cabin to tap in to ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> I want mine to run continuously also.
> 
> I accept that it might be working as designed (as a software developer, my
> favorite phrase ;-)
> 
> Could this possibly be as easy as changing a relay to one out of say an '86
> or so CGT or 4kq?
> 
> My '87 CGT runs the rad fan continuously when I switch on the a/c.  Well, it
> did before the a/c went TU.
> 
> Hell, my '83 GTI ran the rad fan continuously when I switched on the a/c.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/9/06, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> >
> > It seems you are right Andrew- the 84/85 cars cycled the fan on and off.
> > What I don't like tho is that the even later cars -'91 200 20Vs, and now
> > the A4's etc etc went back to constant fan use - by turning on the
> > secondary elec fan, in addition to the primary clutched fan which
> > _always_ turns w/ the motor - so these later car _always_ have airflow
> > through the radiator...
> >
> > I like that, personally.  Hence my thoguht for a manual fan switch...
> >
> > Brandon
> >
> >
> >
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