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

[scourge at cogeco.ca (Scourge)]

hey

In my 82' (a/c still there, just no belt on it) nothing happens if I remove
the relay, the rad fan can still be turned on by putting the heater to
defrog

??

l8er

 -The George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Alexander" <ralexander03@snet.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: rad fan won't shut off!!!(plus some rant)


> Robbie,
>
> The problem is that you did not finish removing the AC. It thinks it has a
> high pressure situation going on and it's trying to solve that problem.
> Locate the stand alone relay in front of the battery and remove it. Don't
> just unplug it or you will loose all radiator fan function. it needs to be
> rewired to non AC spec. Consult Mr. Bentley for this.
>
> Rick Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robbie Cotner" <robw_z@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:37 PM
> Subject: rad fan won't shut off!!!(plus some rant)
>
>
> > 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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