'92 chrysler town & country cooling fan prob

Sep 15, 2004 3 Replies

I had a problem with the radiator cooling fan...it seized up! I bought a replacement motor for the fan, hooked it all up, installed it...and nothing! I even ran the car for a while thinking it was temperature controlled.



I am wondering if there is a relay, or maybe an in-line fuse that I can check to see if there is another problem.



To test it, I touched it directly to the battery, and it started spinning just fine. But when it's connected and installed, again, nothing. Using a test light, I connected the lead to the positive side of the battery, and touched the lead to the negative side of the battery. Nice bright glowing light. However, when I touched it to the fan wires, only a light about half as bright came on. There are only 2 wires that are connected to it...black and green.



I have looked everywhere I can think of to find a diagram of the electrical or cooling system, and no luck. I hope someone here has some good advice for me. :)



Your previous fan motor began drawing too much current. This blew the fusible link wire(s) which are upstream of the radiator fan and A/C compressor clutch relays. You need to find these fusible links (they are on the driver's side of the engine bay) and replace them. DO NOT attempt to replace them with anything other than the correct gauge and length of fusible link wire!

DS

Thank you for the reply.

If I can ask 1 more question, this fusible link, is this just like an in-line fuse that can be replaced, or is it a length of wire with some type of enclosed unit that has to be replaced as a whole?

It is a length of specially-insulated wire, 4 gauge sizes smaller than the wire it protects. The fusible link wire has to be cut out and replaced with the correct length of the correct gauge size of fusible link wire. DON'T attempt to use regular wire or a fuseholder and fuse or any other device.

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