rad fan won't shut off!!!(plus some rant)

[rocco_crossing at hotmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

Rob your handy enough just through a switch in somewhere. I had a buddy that 
had a car that did that too if I get a chance I'll try to find out what it 
was for ya.



Peace Out,
Rhett
Rocco_crossing
'83 Rocco (autocross ready, tune up, install harness, and finally I may get 
to makeing it look better!!)





>From: Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: rad fan won't shut off!!!(plus some rant)
>Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:37:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>OK, my Scirocco just overheated/had the coolant boil over for the 5th time 
>this past WEEK.  The problem is the rad fan won't shut off, so I have to 
>pull the rad. fan fuse everytime I shut off the car, and since I make 
>several short trips a day I inevitably forget to put it in.  Know how long 
>it takes for an idling Scirocco to overheat without a rad fan!?  Apparently 
>LESS THAN A MINUTE, provided I've been driving it around previously.  OK, 
>now back to the problem, which is on my mostly stock '83 8v:  The rad fan 
>will turn on normally(whenever it gets hot), but once it's on, it won't 
>shut off until the battery dies.  I have removed my A/C which I've heard 
>may be part of the problem, but how, I don't know.  I pulled what I *think* 
>is the A/C relay out of the fuse box, but that hasn't helped.  Please help!
>
>-Rob
>
>
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