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|  Message 1641  |
|  Roy Witt to TOM WALKER  |
|  Ow!  |
|  02 Apr 13 11:06:55  |
 
TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:
RW> RW>>> Mine says the same thing. It even has 4 stages of procedures to
RW> RW>>> check the AC system. However, it doesn't have a procedure to
RW> RW>>> check out why the radiator fans don't engage as the engine
RW> RW>>> temps get higher than normal operating temps when the PCM
RW> RW>>> detects that the system is low on freon.
RW> TW>> Since the Engine temperature function has priority so the fans
RW> TW>> should have run in high speed. Since it did not it indicatas
RW> TW>> either a bad engine block sensor, a problem with one of the
RW> TW>> Relays, or an unusual problem with the vehicle speed input to
RW> TW>> the PCM.
RW>> Since all of it works as designed with a full load of freon, I have
RW>> my doubts about your diagnoses.
TW> Doubt al you wabnt. But the Circuit was designed so the Engine Bloc
TW> kTemperasture has Priority and should always run the fans no mater
TW> what the other sensors dictated.
TW> IF the Fans did not run when the engine cooling water reached the Set
TW> Temp for fan activaqtion there WAS a fault in the system
Lemme put it this way; if your scenario were true, there would be a fault
code in the PCM...there is none.
R\%/itt
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