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16V Scirocco wiring guru needed...



Thanks very much!  I think I can make it work with that...  We will know this 
weekend...

Thanks,
   David

Quoting Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>:

> 
> It's a typical 4-prong relay harness.  Terminal 30 goes to battery (fused 
> 30 amp TYVM) terminal 85 to ground, 86 to the low-speed terminal on the 
> thermo-switch, and terminal 87 goes to the fan.  Terminal 86 may be a 
> double connector, with one lead tied to the A/C.  Terminal 85 and 86 may 
> be reversed, but it matters not in the grander scheme of things.
> 
> (TYVM = thank you very much)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, David Utley wrote:
> 
> > Drew, 
> >   Thank you for the reply...  I am afraid I was not specific enough for you
> to 
> > help me...    Sorry...  :-(
> > 
> >   What I am trying to figure out is the nuts & bolts way to wire this
> harness 
> > so that it functions as it should...  There are four connections, and I am
> not 
> > sure where to begin to connect them...
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>:
> > 
> > > 
> > > IIRC the system is intended to operate as follows:
> > > 
> > > low temp circuit on thermo-switch in rad activates the low speed on
> > > cooling fan via the relay.
> > > 
> > > turning on the AC activates the low-speed on cooling fan via the relay.
> > > 
> > > high temp circuit on thermo-switch in rad activates the high speed on 
> > > cooling fan via dirct-wire.
> > > 
> > > some cars (A2's I know for sure, don't know about Sciroccos though) had 
> > > after-run circuits which would activate the low speed fan (via the relay
> 
> > > and a control unit in the dash) when engine coolant temps hit some level
> 
> > > (105C to 110C) with the ignition off.
> > > 
> > > HTH,
> > > 
> > > Drew
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, David Utley wrote:
> > > 
> > > >   I thought I sent this out the other night, but I do not recall seeing
> it,
> > > 
> > > > and have not seen a response...
> > > > 
> > > > I am installing a cooling fan and cooling fan harness from an '87 16V
> into
> > > my 
> > > > 16V 2.0 pickup, and I am a bit confused...  The harness I reference
> goes
> > > from 
> > > > a relay normally mounted under hood behind the left headlight, to the
> fan
> > > and 
> > > > to the sensor at the bottom of the radiator...  The harness also has
> two 
> > > > connections on it, both are two plug connections.  I played with this
> a
> > > bit, 
> > > > and was able to make both speeds of the fan work, but both times this
> was
> > > with 
> > > > the engine cold.  SO, since I do not have a Bentley for this car, I am
> 
> > > > appealing to the group of more than knowledgeable Roc Folk...  :-)  
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas of how I can make this work as it would in the 'Roc?  This
> pickup
> > > 
> > > > does have A/C, so I would like to have highspeed blow with it on, and
> low 
> > > > speed on when extra cooling is needed...
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > David Utley
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