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Why won't my fan sht off?



Probably not.

Brian


>From: HowlingMonkey16v@aol.com
>To: scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Why won't my fan sht off?
>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:21:33 EST
>
>Does this Apply if the AC has been completely removed from the car? these 
>two
>connections are now just dangling around, could these be causing the 
>problem?
>
><Does the car have a/c and are you running the defroster?
>
>The reason I ask, if the compressor is on and it hits a certain pressure 
>150
>psi on the high side the fan will kick on. If the high pressure switch is 
>bad
>the fan will stay on after you turn the key of and continue to run until 
>you
>pull the relay. How do I know, it happened to me. Behind the passenger side
>headlight in front of the washer bolt the are two small switches first one 
>is
>green that is the low side switch and a wire leads to the compressor (this
>will not power the compressor if the freon is low <10 psi) the over one is
>the fan swtch that turns the cooling fan on high if the pressure exceeds 
>150
>psi disconnect that one. Then have the ac serviced and replace that switch.
>
>HTH
>
><Brian
>
>
>
>Randy
>87' 2.0L 16v Scirocco
>"Special Broke Ass Ghetto Edition"
>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."


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