Help with Thermo fans not working

[AgeG]

Howdy all,

Nothing like a hot weekend to bring to my attention thermo fans which only work when the airconditioning is running. But only one actually comes on in that instance anyway. Has anyone else had this problem before. I guess whoever put in the new air con system decided to do some interesting wiring.

At least the air con works well, considering everyone who told me that they dont work really well it was quite chilly so thats good.

Any help appreciated.

Another question is whether anyone knows any details about the Spetacollo in Nov. As i have never attended before do i need to register if i want to bring my car?

Cheers,

Age

[Alan Hopla]

Age,

I have an 82 GTV that came with air-con.
The fan on the drivers side is switched by the thermatic switch in the radiator, this cuts in when my temp gauge reads about 100.
The fan on the passenger side comes on when ever the aircon and the internal fan is turned on.

It looks like both fans are fed by fuse F3, but there is a separate relay for each in the fuse box.
So if its the non aircon controlled fan it should only be , the relay, the thermo switch, or the fan itself.

Alan.

[alfagtv58]

Another question is whether anyone knows any details about the Spetacollo in Nov. As i have never attended before do i need to register if i want to bring my car?

No need to register, just come along on the day 

[AgeG]

cheers,

thanks for the reply, i will look over these again

looks like the non aircon controlled fan is not working as i have gone through the fuses and relays and all seems fine

[joninmelbourne]

Just got my Air Con regased today and only the driver's side fan comes on as well - the air con guy said this was normal. I have just been for a drive and its very very chilly, as good as a modern car for sure (as good as the 2003 Holden Astra I drove the other day at least), so hopefully this keeps up! Not sure about the bad rep of the the GTV6 air con either, perhaps its from people with leaky sytems. If anybody wants to know the name of the mobile a/c guy let me know in a PM, he was good. Cheers

[AgeG]

The story with the thermo fan is the right one comes on automatically with air con, they both come on when temp gets to about 97, engine should then drop to about 78 before fans switch off again. The switch for my fans from the thermostat wasnt working, $20 later, we are all good again

[AgeG]

THanks Mick,

Yep it was the switch, easy fix apart from 3rd degree burns from coolant!!!! all back and ready to go again