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Just curious if anyone has wired their cooling fans to a switch in the car. I'd like to operate them manually, since they don't want to work on their own. I checked the relays and fuses underhood, and still got nothing. I did a search here and checked everything people told me. I have an extra set of fans I will try before attempting this. But if anyone has done this please give a "how-to." Thank you very much, Ryan. Oh yeah 98 CSVT....

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I want to know how to do this too.


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If you never want the computer/sensors to control the fan, and you want to manually control it all the time, it shouldn't be very hard. It seems that all you would need would be a positive wire, a negative wire, a switch, and maybe a relay. I'm not an electrician, but it seems that you could connect a positive lead to one terminal on the fan, a negative lead to the other terminal, and insert a switch into one of the leads. But then, I'm the kind of guy that sticks his finger into 110 volt outlets just to see what happens, so don't take my word for it.

On the other hand, if you want the computer to control the fan part of the time, and you would over-ride the system manually on occasion, it gets much more complicated. There was a topic on this about a year ago. 99MercMystLS25 described a workable, but "very electronic" technique that would work. http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=genmods&Number=33706&PHPSESSID=&fpart=1#Post33706

I do know that the motor on those fans (at least on the 95's) draws a lot of amps. I tried to bypass the computer on my fan, and wire a separate thermostat into the system, but I kept shooting 30 amp fuses. I believe the fuse in the fuse box is rated at 60 amps.



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I could make it happen on my 95 tour


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My VW had a bi-metal switch attached to the radiator. It would kick the fan on when the temperature in the output side of the radiator got above a certain temperature. Which meant there isn't enough airflow to remove the heat. I've seen fan kits in JC Whitney that do this.
Speaking of cooling systems - I wonder how long the hoses last?


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