[Vwdiesel] radiator fan

[peter blake]

Loren,
 Thanks for the tips, I've run out of energy to pursue this further
today. Fighting a cold or flu or something. I'll keep u posted when
I get back at it.
Peter

--- On Sat, 11/8/08, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] radiator fan
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 4:01 PM
> I'd start, as you did, at the thermoswitch in the
> radiator.  Jumper 
> the two wires together.  Goes?  Then bad thermoswitch if it
> doen't
> come on at all.  If no then as you did, jumper from battery
> to fan 
> to test.  If good then...  If not then fan motor.  Ohmeter
> or test 
> light and find the one of the two wires that goes to the
> fan, jump 
> it there.  If good then wiring to the fan from the switch
> is good.
> Should be red and black wire but so is the one going back
> to the 
> relay panel, which goes to plug "G" pin
> "6" on the back, bottom 
> of the panel.  That goes to fuse #15, 25Amp.  Check that
> fuse 
> and the contacts, continuity from there to the
> thermoswitch, power 
> to the other side of that fuse.  
>   Still going backwards, G-1 is where a red wire comes out,
> goes 
> back in on H, which is one of a group of spade terminals on
> the back
> of the panel.  That picks up "30 power" from an
> 8ga red wire, coming 
> from the battery to one of the other "H"
> terminals.  The ground to the 
> fan connects in the "engine compartment, front
> left."
>      Loren
> 
> 
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