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02-21-2007, 12:05 PM
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Re: I replaced ECTS ... Now what?
I didn't think of this until the mention of the fusebox.
A few months ago I took the car to a Saturn mechanic (works for the dealer during the week, at home on weekends). He had it for three days and never touched it, so I took it home. Even without looking at it, he told me he thought it was a "common problem ... a mass of wires under the fuse box..." I haven't read anything about it on the Saturn forums. Anyone know 1) specifics and 2) how hard it would be for a "rookie" to fix? (I just lost my job, so I'm trying to do it myself.) |
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02-21-2007, 07:23 PM
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Re: I replaced ECTS ... Now what?
Geez, if you could get it to Spokane I'd take a look for myself. It's difficult to troubleshoot stuff like this over the interweb.
If wiggling the relay in the fuse/relay box makes the fan work, you should be able to take a small o-ring pick and try to tighten up the little connectors in the box. |
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02-22-2007, 05:56 AM
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Re: I replaced ECTS ... Now what?
The underhood fuse block is a fairly common problem. We replace a few here at the shop. They are not difficult to change out. You could possibly find a good used one at a wrecking yard to get you by for now.
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04-03-2007, 06:56 PM
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Re: I replaced ECTS ... Now what?
Thank you! Fuse box from a wrecking yard $40 ... now fan issue fixed! It seemed like it would be really easy, but took me (a rookie) 3 hours to replace. For other rookies ... be sure to "seat" (i.e. jam down) the fuse box. My brights didn't work until my neighbor pushed down HARD on the top of the fuses "to make sure everything was connecting." Another footnote ... my warning lights were flashing because my radiator cap was defective! I was ignoring them because "I just checked the fluid level, it MUST be the ECTS." WRONG! My mechanic was called into the picture when the car developed this nasty habit of dying while I was doing 30 miles per hour. (Code 32 = EGR valve = over my head.) He was the one who diagnosed the bad radiator cap, and confirmed the fusebox problem. (I didn't tell him anything about this forum or our suspicions ... he came up with it on his own.) Again, thanks to HAWG and Cat Fuzz ... you're the best!
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