Re: (non-roc) Fan won't shut off

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Had this problem on my 16v Passat, and it turned out to be loose bolt on the
grounding cluster.  scraped up all my ground contacts and everything was back to
normal.

jim

Steven Toughill wrote:

> sounds like the sensor bolted to the valve cover is bad. It is there to turn
> on the fan if the under hood trmps get to high when the car is just sitting.
>
> Steve Toughill
> ASE Cert. VW Technician
> Volks-Tech
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
> To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 12:15 PM
> Subject: (non-roc) Fan won't shut off
>
> >Ok, this isn't exactly Scirocco related, but it is a VW.
> >
> >The cooling fan on my sister's '92 GLI wouldn't shut off
> >this morning.  It had been in the garage for 10-15 minutes
> >when I went out to go to work and the fan was still
> >running.  I started the car, and as soon as the key was
> >turned, the fan quit.  Shut the car off, and it came back
> >on.
> >
> >Any idea why it would do this?
> >
> >TIA!
> >
> >===
> >Daun Yeagley
> >'79 Scirocco
> >'85 Scirocco 8v
> >'88 Scirocco 16v
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