Alan Combellack wrote:
> A few mornings ago the car was dead. Almost no battery charge at all but
> some relay was clicking slowly.. I plugged in the charger and the fan
> started to run. I temporarily fixed this by pulling the fuse but need to
> find the actual switch or short circuit. Does anyone have any ideas as I
> cannot see anything wrong. Everything else is fine. Please reply here or
> by email removing the obvious bit and changing the first "a" to "r." TIA
>
The draining of your battery and the fan running is the clue.
Most likely your fan relay has its contacts welded closed so the fan is
probably running all the time, draining your battery.
Or it could be that the part that drives the fan is bad, telling the
relay to close and thus the fan to run, draining your battery.
To determine whether your relay is bad, find the cooling and air
conditioner fan relays. I think they are in the fuse box under the hood
on an accord.
Most likely they are identical (ie. have identical part numbers).
If so, mark them both so you know where they came from (one coolant
fan, one relay fan) and pull them both out.
Then put the AC fan's relay in the coolant fan's socket. See if your
problem now goes away. If so, your problem is the coolant fan's relay -
get a new one.
(now you know why you'll want to mark them when you pull them out).
If the fan is still running with the AC relay in the coolant fan's
socket, whatever drives your fan is bad. Report back so we can talk you
through what to do next.
Remco
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