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Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Written by rwven6956 on 6/10/2010 at 10:56 am

Ahhh, it grounds through the switch....so my diagnostic instructions are all
fouled up.....I should of held on to my shop manual when I sold my PC.....I
should have held on to the PC too.....

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "David" <david.dockstader@...> wrote:
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> Bad connection to the fan. When I bought my '96 the fan didn't work at all.
Water boiled over the first time I rode it into Louisville. Opened the access
cover, found the wires, gave them a tug so I could see where they went and the
fan has worked ever since. Obviously, a connection was corroded or otherwise bad
and jerking the wires reestablished the connection. Probably won't work forever,
so if and when I have the plastic off I'll investigate more carefully, but for
now I'm good to go. Note: the fan is always hot and grounds through the switch.
Likely problem is connection to the switch.
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> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Willie Seay" <willieseay@> wrote:
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> > I have a serious overheating problem apparently due to my fan not kicking in
when its supposed to, or as often as its supposed too. The first time it
occurred was after doing some city riding in stop n' go traffic. When I
stopped, I heard this horrific loud gurgling noise coming from the overflow
compartment. The temperation gauge was maxed. It was scary as helloooooo and I
was afraid something was going to explode. I thank my lucky stars it didn't.
No smoke, no steam, no leaks. Anyways, after the gurgling subsided, I cranked
it up to see if the fan would kick in. It didn't, UNTIL I throttled up and
increased the RPM's between 3000-3500. As soon as I let off the throttle and
returned to idle, the fan would cut out and the temp would rise immediately.
Again, no fan until I throttled up. I left the city and got back on the open
road where all was fine with forced air keeping it cool, but it occurred again
in the next city. I tried keeping my RPM's high at stops, but have no clue if
the fan ever kicked in. If it did, it certainly had no effect. One theory was
the fan wasn't getting the voltage it needed. Long story short, the battery
checked out okay, but I installed my backup R/R thinking "just maybe" that might
be the problem. It wasn't. Fortunately I made it home safely from my two-day
road trip, but now I need to find and fix the problem. I'm asking for your
suggestions as to a logical sequence to trouble shoot this problem. Feel free
to reply direct to my email. THANKS SO MUCH!
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