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Subject:Re: Cooling fan not coming on
From:Scott
Date:Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:17:37 -1000

Needs to be printed out and the page inserted into Everyone's Bentley
Vanagon Manual ~!

Cause god knows ya cain't dig dis  info out o' dat book easily !

Great info, thnx, Scott

heck, think I'll forward it to myself so I can change the subject line
to " Hot Fan Relay Info"  or something like that, and then keep it my
vanagon tech folder, so's ah kin find it when ah needs it.

On 04/23/2016 11:25 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark wrote:
> Sorry, you are mistaken. The 82-85 watercooled vans don't have a rad fan
> relay in the main relay panel. They have the high speed relay mounted up
> high, right next to the coolant level warning relay in 83-85. 82 has no
> coolant level relay so the fan relay is up there all by itself. This is
> the same location that 86+ vans with 450 watt fan motors have it. All
> models with a relay up there use a relay of the same physical size but
> the relay for the 450 watt has a higher amp contact rating and .375"
> spades instead of the .250" spades of the relay for the smaller fan
> motor.
>
> 86+ with the smaller fan motor use the #5 position in the main relay
> panel for high speed. This same relay panel location is used for medium
> speed in 86+ with 450 watt fans and factory A/C.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Dennis Haynes wrote:
>> The 1.9L vans and the later without AC do not have that big
>> additional relay above the fuse panel. They use a 2 speed fan motor
>> instead of the monster motor with the resistor for the lower speeds.
>> The high speed relay is with the fuse rack.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of vw_van_fan_Mark
>> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 3:47 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Cooling fan not coming on
>>
>> When you jumper high speed on the temp switch wiring you should hear
>> a relay clicking behind the dash near the driver side headlight area.
>> If you don't hear the relay then the motor isn't going to be getting
>> power from the relay.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>