I had owned the van for two days when I left the lights on, thus draining
the battery.
After jump starting, it would overheat. I noticed that the fan was not
turning on. The fan
was tested by the only way that I knew how, and that was to put the jumper
cables to the fan for a split second. It ran. I found the "cooling fan
relay (second stage)" with the other relays under the dash. Replaced it.
Changed the coolant. It runs at a cooler temperature than it did
previously; is that because the old relay was abused from so many jump
starts and it eventually gave way?

Brad Horner
shazam@dnet.net