cooling and a/c fans
 

hi all i have a 97p registerd voyager which is overheating the fans
are not working but i can hear a clicking noise coming from them as
though they are going to start. any help would be great all the fuses
are ok not sure about the relays is there an easy way off checking if
they are still ok thanks tim the a/c fan doesn't come on as well
thanks again

cooling and a/c fans
 

cooling and a/c fans
 

Bill Putney wrote:
> wrote:
>> hi all i have a 97p registerd voyager which is overheating the fans
>> are not working but i can hear a clicking noise coming from them as
>> though they are going to start. any help would be great all the fuses
>> are ok not sure about the relays is there an easy way off checking if
>> they are still ok thanks tim the a/c fan doesn't come on as well
>> thanks again
>
> You say it's overheating the fans? (sorry - just my way of jabbing you
> for not using capitalization and punctuation - shows you don't have
> respect for your reader's time or effort that they have to put out to
> decipher your coded message when you're asking them to help you)
>
> The clicking may be the relays operating properly trying to run the
> fans. Good chance the fan motors are bad - either the bearings/bushings
> are shot or they have electrical issues. Beyond that, a multimeter and
> schematics would be good for troubleshooting the electrical system
> (relays, wiring, etc.) driving the fans. But again, my first suspicion
> is that the fan motors are locked up or hard to turn.
>
> Do you know if the temperature stays normal if you're driving at speed
> (40-55 mph)? That would be a sign that the overheating is only due to
> the fans not running and not other problems in the cooling system
> contributing to the overheating (vehicle motion takes over for the fans
> to move air thru the radiator).
>

Oh - also, there may be a common ground wire on the fans - check that
that is intact.

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