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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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So I have a single turbo setup on my car and for the time being a single puller fan. Today it just quit working, causing the car to overheat. I have the fan tied into the factory harness for the stock fans connected to fan #1.

I checked the 2 fuses under the hood (40 amp and 10amp) I switched the relays for fan 1 and fan 2 to no avail. I tested the fan itself by jumping a hot wire and ground wire from the bat. to the fan and it still turns on fine.

When I check the wiring from the harness with the key on and the car at a temp the fan should come on (but car not running) there is no voltage on the fan control wires.

Anything I missed or any idea what might be the problem? I don't know how to check the relay other than switching it with the other relay of the same kind for fan 2.
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 07:15 AM
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Stick the relay from FAN3 into the FAN1 slot and see what happens.
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Its a different relay, I can try it but its not the same as relay 1 and 2 ..
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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I know this sounds kinda "ghetto" but On my car I wired the fan to a relay and to the ignition so when I turn the key forward the fan turns on and stays on constantly. I hate those factory systems for this exact reason right here.
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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I know this sounds kinda "ghetto" but On my car I wired the fan to a relay and to the ignition so when I turn the key forward the fan turns on and stays on constantly. I hate those factory systems for this exact reason right here.
Thats how mine is ran right now just so I could take it to the track last night, but I would like for it to work properly, and god knows I don't any more wires and relays under my hood
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Its a different relay, I can try it but its not the same as relay 1 and 2 ..
SORRY, My mistake! I went from memory instead of checking out the facts.

Stick FAN2 relay into FAN1 slot. FAN3 is a different type of relay.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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SORRY, My mistake! I went from memory instead of checking out the facts.

Stick FAN2 relay into FAN1 slot. FAN3 is a different type of relay.
Already tried that, it didn't work either. Even tried both fan connectors on the wiring harness and neither of them get voltage when the car is above 180
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Try the fan on just one relay, either the #1 or the #2 relay. I think PCM fan wires for fan1 and fan2 are ground wires, so connect one of those PCM fan wires to the ground side of the relay, and wire the rest of the relay up to switch power and fan power.

That's how I wired mine up. I'm just using two relays for each fan. Works great so far.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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Check the wire from the pcm to the relay. It may be bad. If you do a search for my name, you'll find my thread. I was having an issue with the number one fan not coming on at all. Turns out the wire itself was bad.

EDIT: Heres the link to my thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...wont-turn.html

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