98 Grand Caravan- Radiator Fan wiring Disconnected - Is this a safety proc or ?

Well, there is a truism that wierd problems with mechanical things can sometimes find their origins in the things last touched.

There is also another truism (mine) that indicates that people who associate themselves by signature line with an institute of higher learning, particularly a Canadian university, should take extra pains to pose their questions on usenet with minimal typos, spelling mistakes, and poor grammar.

Recently, I discovered that my radiator fans where not kicking in. Fortunatly, I noticed this prior to having my motor overheat. It only went outside of normal operating zone once (based on temperature guage) but it did not reach the Hot mark and did not see steam rising from mortor or rad cooller.

In poking around under the hood I found an wiring connector that was not hooked up to anything and nor did I know where to hook it up :-). The Fan shroud, air clearner and the air cleaner intake make it hard to see anything. This connector, was partially hidden under the battery on the drivers side.

I took it into my garage and it turns out that the connector I saw was what controled the radiator fan. My garage stated that it must of worked its way loose.

A few months ago, I took it in for servicing and they replaced the hose from the rad to the transmission.

What I am wondering is:

2) whether disconnecting the rad fans is a basic safety procedure when working near the rad

...and before one criticizes the spelling of others, one should check one's own spelling. 8^) (hint: check the very first line of your post)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

And only Bill would point that out

He does, because he can.....

Yes, that seems to invariably induce at least one spelling error. :-)

Matt

typo, actually....

What fun!!

Nah - one man's typo is another man's spelling error. 8^)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Of course, your write, I should of known that......

He's well acquainted with the weird. (and the wired)

And he's not the only one who that transposition jumped out at. Some of us have had lots of experience seeing the naked Emperor.

Ted

PS Just so you know for the future, the proper thing to do when you have had your own pants pulled down after making a spelling flame, is to crawl under a rock and hide for a while.

Now why would I do that? You don't. -) Besides, I think I'll brazen it out and suggest that the first "error" was just a plant...

True, true. :-)

Ted