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Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Non-stock thermo fan
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Mon, 31 January 2005 22:03
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Just a quick question about my thermo fan. I was forced to ditch one of the stock fans in my RAV4 when the turbo conversion was initially put in, turbo and fan weren't gonna share the same space. I put in a non-stock 10" thermo fan to make up for it before I had overheating problems. FYI, the overheating wasn't caused by the non-stock thermo fan being installed. Without the other stock thermo fan in there, the ability for it to be switched was lost and so I had it hooked up so it went on fulltime from the moment you turned the key to ignition.
When Mos did some re-wiring for me late last year, we started diagnosing what was going on with the wiring as it was before we got into it. After we put everything back together (on the night we did the diagnosis), the car started heating up beyond normal levels (71° thermostat, or 165°F) and began venturing up to 90°C instead. It seems that whatever was unplugged and plugged up again made the non-stock thermo fan short-circuit or open-circuit. Mos diagnosed this as well. I thought it would be a straight swap out and replace for another 10" unit that I got my hands on. This unit did the same thing inside of 4 days of use. So that's two 10" thermo fans that were adequately able to do the job that somehow shorted-out.
Now I have myself an 11" thermo fan and I don't want the same thing to happen. What could be done to ensure this? Is the thermo fan controlled by the ECU? Another FYI, the other original RAV4 thermo fan is still working ok. Something tells me it's a wiring issue but I need to find out probably causes before I go further. Would an external relay help here?
Thanks for any help.
PS: did I say this was a quick question? 
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Non-stock thermo fan
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RAV-GT4 | Mon, 31 January 2005 22:03 |
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RAV-GT4 | Tue, 01 February 2005 22:10 |
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boxh34d | Tue, 01 February 2005 23:40 |
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RAV-GT4 | Wed, 02 February 2005 06:00 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 02 February 2005 06:05 |
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BabyZ | Wed, 02 February 2005 07:41 |
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RAV-GT4 | Wed, 02 February 2005 12:18 |
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BabyZ | Wed, 02 February 2005 00:27 |
