One of the rad fans lost it's magnet so I replaced it. Runs fine but keeps on blowing fuses after a while. Spins freely etc. Any ideas as to why this would be and also why when the l/h fuse blows do both fans stop?
Thanks
Ted
Fans and blowing fuses
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ttedj
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Fans and blowing fuses
1989 Lotus Excel
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
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ttedj
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Re: Fans and blowing fuses
It seems that both fans are fused through 1 fuse. Removing the r/h fan fuse does nothing and both fans work fine. Remove the l/h fuse and they both fail with fail light on. Will have to track down someone's bogging somewhere. On a good note passed the mot.
Ted
Ted
1989 Lotus Excel
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
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ttedj
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Re: Fans and blowing fuses
Seems that someone cut the wire to the left fan and wired it to the right supply. Why you would do this I do not know. Maybe they had fitted the wrong type of relay and could only get 1 fan to work. All fixed now though.
Tex
Tex
1989 Lotus Excel
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
1974 MG Midget
2006 AUDI A4 3.0 Tdi quattro
2008 VW TIGUAN (wife's)
2 Black cats
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Re: Fans and blowing fuses
That's a problem with older cars, you get so many changes made by previous owners that you don't know the details of.