Rad fan not operating but voltage at connector.

  1. #1
    Yup, it sounded like a knackered fan to me too, however I wired it up directly to the battery and it ran faultlessly.

    My biggest query is the voltage at the connector. It's reading a permanent 16v feed regardless of if the engine is hot or cold. I ran it with the temperature sensor unplugged which will normally failsafe the fan to run but voltage did not change. I did this both at operating temperature and when cold. So I'm a bit confused.

    Should there be a permanent feed to the fan? Surely there should be 0v across it when the fan is not needed?

    The fan ran fine at my last track day in November, the only changes since then are a 4-2-1 de-cat manifold with the 2nd lambda housed in an pure argon shield to keep the Cat Efficiency protocol happy in the ECU.

    The only other difference is that the primary Lambda sensor is only reading 2 primarys and not 4 but surely this shoudln't effect the unplugged temp sensor test?
  2. #2
    Interesting one this because mk2`s(depending on crossover looms)the fan coming on is controlled by the ecu & not a fan switch.
  3. #3
    Temperature Sensor?
  4. #4
    It's a very late Phase 2 (53 reg) so the fan should be ECU controlled?

    The temp sensor is reading normal and corresponds fine with my oil temperature gauge. Plus the rad fan should turn on if the temp sensor is unplugged (which it currently doesn't) so that should remove any need for the sensor to be working anyway.

    I'm tempted to just wire it to a manual switch on my dashboard but if something is up with the wiring then I would rather not just put an sticking plaster over a stab wound.

    Is anyone with a Ph2 single fan and a multimeter able to check their connector voltage so I can compare figures?
  5. #5
    i thought they were all controlled by a switch sensor in the radiator?