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I have a 92 2 door Honda Accord LX WITHOUT A/C. Recently the radiator
fan stopped working. I hot wired the fan and it worked. I also
replaced the radiator fan relay with relays from cars in a parts
dealership. (The numbers were not exactly the same but the guy said it
should work)This didn't help. If I take the fan relay out and jumper
across, the fan comes on but is no good to me because it causes it to
run while the car is stopped.I also disconnected the temerature sensor
plug on the radiator and shorted the two pins and the fan would not
work. As everyone I talked to said it should. I measured the
continuity between the pins and there is about 5k ohms, the manual
said there should be none. disconnecting the fuse and the relay
does'nt make a difference in the contnuity.I traced the wire to a
connector and when I disconnect that, the continuity goes away and
then comes back after I re-connect. If it sounds like a short, I
wouldn't know where to run a wire to replace it as the manual is vague
on details. Any suggestions?

On the manual you see that the the fan timer has something to do with the
cooling fan. Go to the fan timer and see if you have battery voltage on the
yellow wire.

If you don't then the timer is dead. If you look at the manual again (p22-4)
just yank out the yellow wire and attach it to blk/yel assuming you have
battery voltage and fuse #2 isn't zapped.
Ind

> I have a 92 2 door Honda Accord LX WITHOUT A/C. Recently the radiator
> fan stopped working. I hot wired the fan and it worked. I also
> replaced the radiator fan relay with relays from cars in a parts
> dealership. (The numbers were not exactly the same but the guy said it
> should work)This didn't help. If I take the fan relay out and jumper
> across, the fan comes on but is no good to me because it causes it to
> run while the car is stopped.I also disconnected the temerature sensor
> plug on the radiator and shorted the two pins and the fan would not
> work. As everyone I talked to said it should. I measured the
> continuity between the pins and there is about 5k ohms, the manual
> said there should be none. disconnecting the fuse and the relay
> does'nt make a difference in the contnuity.I traced the wire to a
> connector and when I disconnect that, the continuity goes away and
> then comes back after I re-connect. If it sounds like a short, I
> wouldn't know where to run a wire to replace it as the manual is vague
> on details. Any suggestions?

This is only remotely related, but I would like to advise everyone of my
mistake. Last summer, I learned the hard way that the two fans on my 1992
Accord EX are on two seperate circuits. I pulled the fuse for the main fan and
gave it to my father thinking that it was a spare fuse because of where it sat
in the underhood fusebox. The A/C fan continued to come on with the A/C and up
to about 90 degrees F it was strong enough to cool the engine, while the main
fan sat idle.Right at the end of July the original radiator's top tank cracked
and the entire radiator had to be replaced. BTW, I got the new unit for US$95
at Advanced Auto Parts. I printed out the online special, brought to my local
store and they matched their online price.


JIMBO

One other thing. The part you measured for continuity, at least one should
have ground.

> On the manual you see that the the fan timer has something to do with the
> cooling fan. Go to the fan timer and see if you have battery voltage on
the
> yellow wire.
>
> If you don't then the timer is dead. If you look at the manual again
(p22-4)
> just yank out the yellow wire and attach it to blk/yel assuming you have
> battery voltage and fuse #2 isn't zapped.
> Ind
>
> > I have a 92 2 door Honda Accord LX WITHOUT A/C. Recently the radiator
> > fan stopped working. I hot wired the fan and it worked. I also
> > replaced the radiator fan relay with relays from cars in a parts
> > dealership. (The numbers were not exactly the same but the guy said it
> > should work)This didn't help. If I take the fan relay out and jumper
> > across, the fan comes on but is no good to me because it causes it to
> > run while the car is stopped.I also disconnected the temerature sensor
> > plug on the radiator and shorted the two pins and the fan would not
> > work. As everyone I talked to said it should. I measured the
> > continuity between the pins and there is about 5k ohms, the manual
> > said there should be none. disconnecting the fuse and the relay
> > does'nt make a difference in the contnuity.I traced the wire to a
> > connector and when I disconnect that, the continuity goes away and
> > then comes back after I re-connect. If it sounds like a short, I
> > wouldn't know where to run a wire to replace it as the manual is vague
> > on details. Any suggestions?
>
>