[V8] Weird burnt thing

[gbmarc at cox.net]

So I worked out why I have 4 wires not two.
I didn't have the original fusible link. A previous owner had inserted an external fuse which connected with two wires to the the fusible link terminals. This external fuse was the horribly melted thing.
I purchased an 80A fusible link from my local Advance Auto Parts and with a little modification it screwed right in.
I checked the fan to see that it wasn't seized up and it was quite free, (unless of course you can turn the blades without turning the motor shaft).
I couldn't see any exposed terminal where I could  apply 12v to test it, so I still haven't verified that it actually works.

Mark.



---- ron_01056 at yahoo.com wrote: 
> Fuseable link for the rad fan.
>  But I've never seen four wires going into it.....should b only two.
> 
>  Ron 
>  
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Kalbskopf <gbmarc at cox.net>
> Sender: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 16:35:25 
> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: [V8] Weird burnt thing
> 
> My daughter cam home today (no, she's not the weird burnt thing!)
> but she did bring  home the V8.
> So, I was looking under the hood to check the engine was still there,  
> and there I was, poking around the hydraulic fluid reservoir and  
> noticed something that had almost caught fire, but fortunately had  
> simply melted instead.
> In between the reservoir and the fender is a little black electrical  
> junction box with 4 wires leading to it.
> Two of the wires come out and join at this weird burnt melted thing.   
> I don't think it was melted before she left, so unless they had a  
> micro barbeque it must have been some kind of electrical earthing  
> problem.
> Does anybody know what it is?  It looks like it might have been a fuse  
> or capacitor or something.
> (I checked that the Audi hyper-drive time-warp booster still worked,  
> and otherwise I can't find anything else malfunctioning.)
> 
> Mark. K.