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Baitbucket39
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Jun 10, 2020, 1:51 PM

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Air conditioning works but Fans don’t come on. Have checked all Relays. They
work. Problem seems to be where the middle Relay plugs into. It has 3 hots
and a ground. When I turn the Air conditioning on the ground goes hot on the
middle relay. Can’t imagine how a ground can be 12v live. Any idea of what to
do.


Hammer Time
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Jun 10, 2020, 2:43 PM

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Yes, that is what happens when a relay is energized.

With the blower on, go to the blower plug and test for power and ground arriving at the motor and see which one is missing, if any.



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Tom Greenleaf
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Jun 11, 2020, 2:52 AM

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Do the fans turn by hand or rather carefully with a small stick or NOT a finger! Tom



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Jun 11, 2020, 4:55 AM

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I thought he was talking about the blower fan, not the cooling fan. We need some clarification here.



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Jun 11, 2020, 6:39 AM

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Yes,
I find if fans to condenser don't come on all goes wrong it stops the rest of the show - mostly may try and work then go wrong?
? for OP? Does this have two blower motors for dual side choices for "climate control?" T


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Jun 11, 2020, 7:02 AM

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No car has 2 blowers, just 2 blend doors.

Most customers wouldn't even notice if the cooling fans aren't working and if they do it's usually because of overheating, not AC.



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Baitbucket39
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Jun 11, 2020, 7:39 AM

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Thanks. The blower motor fan is fine the problem is the Cooling Motor fan. Yes it is 2 sided climate control. And the cooling fans work freely. I can force them to work Low,Medium and high. But When you put all the relays in the cooling fans will not kick on when the Air Is turned on.


(This post was edited by Baitbucket39 on Jun 11, 2020, 7:47 AM)


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Jun 11, 2020, 7:46 AM

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OK, the reason you have 3 relays is that it is 2 speed.
The first step here is to test ALL fuses using a test light. I'm assuming your fan doesn't come on for temp either, true?

If all fuses check out and the fans aren't coming on for any reason, then you need to test for power and ground arriving at both fan motors.



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Tom Greenleaf
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Jun 11, 2020, 9:29 AM

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? So you do mean ENGINE's cooling fans I think? To add to checks see if you have a radiator cap on radiator if that's about spilling full or low. Sensors don't read well or erratic if in vapor suggesting now perhaps you are overheating but isn't warning you of an issue.


If low or overfull at recovery bottle it needs a pressure check at least on that list AND look for a leak anywhere you can know engine coolant travels, T


Baitbucket39
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Jun 11, 2020, 3:47 PM

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Update. Had drivers side headlight issue also. Tested wiring and it seemed to be back feeding ground to everything. Changed the 10 pin headlight connector and all my problems went away. Cooling fans work fine now.
Thanks to all the responses.


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Jun 11, 2020, 3:50 PM

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They both share a ground attached to the radiator support on the driver's side.



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