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hi i posted once before but still have the same problem so here goes my cooling fans will not come on unless i turn the air or heat on i changed the t-stat 2 times the ect 3 times the sensor on the fan shrould once and still no fans so is it a short or am i missing something. also if anyone knows the color of the wire that goes from the fans to the pcm so i can track it for cracks or breaks in the wire .the heat is hot so i dont think its the waterpump and i can see it moving in the tank. please help been trying to fix this since october.thanks
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how hot is your car running?
my fans rarley ever come on, only if i sit and idle for a LONG time, they've only come on a few times while driving.
96' ATX Zetec- stock
96' ATX Zetec- Modded
Kenwood KDC-319
5.75"-2 MTX 12's
Roady XT
Custom door panels
Mystique Cluster/oil pressure
Getting repainted(in primer)
Pre98 Lip
SE skirts
Mystique front lip
dingless
badgeless
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A lot of older Contours(including mine) have a bad engine wiring harness. Its not cheap to replace either. That is why the reason my radiator fan doesn't work and also looking for a replacement car.
I was thinking, is it possible to replace the bad sections of wires with new wire or should I leave it alone.
My ride(Cardomain link) :
'95 Contour 16V Zetec DOHC, Teal , ATX
Born on Sep. 4, 1995
86+ miles
*LEDs mods are on their way!*
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Originally posted by Kerry2Kool4U:
...I was thinking, is it possible to replace the bad sections of wires with new wire or should I leave it alone.
Yes. One CEGer had a mechanic just splice one wire (I believe it was a VSS wire). As for the fan wiring harness, some have replaced that individual fan wiring harness (I think it was about $200 for that harness).
"Always do the cheap and easy ones first."
1996 V6 ATX 96K miles
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my car runs up to the M from a cold start in about 2 miles or mybe 3 then goes up to the A and L when it gets to the A turn the heat or air on then it cools down in a mile or two.i had it run to a switch but the 12 gauge wire got to hot and melted the wire so im back to the drawing board.
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I can't recall exactly where to purchase one but you may look at simply bypassing the factory system for turning on and off the fans. Power your fans directly from the battery and use a secondary external thermostat that would turn on the power (relay). At the very least you could do this for one of the fans. If you want to go crazy see if Flexlite offers a pusher fan that you can place in front of the radiator and wire up. Other than that cut the power lines that currently run to the second fan. Then splice the second fan into the wiring of the fan that does come on.
There is always another way.
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thats the problem nether one of the fans come on . but that sounds good about running it all to the battary but how and what would i use and how would i go about doing that i dont understand what you mean about running all the wires and the part about a relay. also if it was the waterpump that is bad the fans would still come on right .
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Originally posted by Tony2005:
Originally posted by Kerry2Kool4U:
...I was thinking, is it possible to replace the bad sections of wires with new wire or should I leave it alone.
Yes. One CEGer had a mechanic just splice one wire (I believe it was a VSS wire). As for the fan wiring harness, some have replaced that individual fan wiring harness (I think it was about $200 for that harness).
If money was tight, simply replacing bad wire sections one at a time each weekend would be my option. Who wants a car payment?? 
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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how do i go about running new wires and bypassing the old wires to get it to turn on from a new switch or is there another way also if it is the waterpump would the fans run or would thay stop and act like mine is just dont want to tear into the wires if its the pump. got a guy that is a mac that said he would replace the pump timing belt and all other stuff for only 100.00 with me buying all the parts
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'95 Mystique Zetec I had the fans stop working. I tested the fans using a scan tool. The car is starting to suffer 'Classic Wire Harness Disintigration'. Following the wires, from the fans, I discovered melted and shorted power wires. Tape them, fans work. Here is the link to this problem http://www.contour.org/FAQ/recall/99M03/Scroll down the site and you will find diagrams on where to inspect the fan wires.
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95 Mystique MTX - GONE 395,000 Kms
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'97 Contour Mtx - stock - GONE
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