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Old May 26, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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I have a 2000 cavalier fuse box running my 5.3 harness and it has the stock relays controlling the fuel pump and cooling fan.I have the wire coming off the fuse box cooling fan relay going to the positive terminal on the cooling fan and I have the fan negative going to ground.The car is running at 230 and the fan won't come on.How do I test the circuit to find what is wrong?
If I put power to the wire coming off the fuse box relay the fan starts so I know the fan works.
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Old May 26, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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Are the electric fans enabled in the tune? What year computer, what vehicle is the engine out of?

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Old May 26, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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yeah if hes running a 5.3 harness and has a 5.3 pcm, i think the trucks came with regular fans, not electric.
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Old May 26, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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The engine and computer are from 2004.When I sent the computer out I asked for the fan to be programmed.The tuner did not say that he didn't put the fan in the tune so I am ussuming that it is in the program.
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Old May 26, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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If you have a meter, check the fan wire coming from the pcm to make sure it is sending out a ground signal. If not, then it may not be enabled.
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Old May 26, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Not all 2004 trucks came with electric fans, some did actually come with mechanical fans. I dont have a 2004 schematic on hand, so I can't tell you what pin to look at. Cruise over to Performancetrucks.net and see if they have a schematic.

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