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General => The garage => Topic started by: spuddy333 on 29 August 2011, 18:28

Title: help my cooling fan not working
Post by: spuddy333 on 29 August 2011, 18:28

hi ,need a bid of help please, only had my golf a month its a mk3 gti 8v with agg engine,got stuck in traffic for the first time today and it started to overheat,fan didnt kick in ,ive checked the fuses all seem fine ,dont know how to test or where to look now,i have the 3pin sender unit on rad,want to get this sorted asap as i dont want to get caught out again,thanks folks

Title: Re: help my cooling fan not working
Post by: raferackstraw on 29 August 2011, 19:44

take a feed off the battery and run to the terminals for the fan, 1 will be neg and other two terminals will be high and low speed, so pos to high/low if fan spins then sensor in the rad is fubar

Title: Re: help my cooling fan not working
Post by: spuddy333 on 30 August 2011, 11:54

tried this and fan not working, are they repairable or do i jusdt get a new one? is it an easy fit?