1998 villager cooling fan out

[tfdrop]

New member, 1st post.
1998 Villager 225k miles, mine since new.

Engine cooling fan will not run, appears there was a short somewhere as the weather connector between the radiator fan and the relay box was a little melted inside at one connection.

Rad fan runs when jumped to battery.
65amp fuse at engine compartment fuse/relay box looks ok and tests ok with multimeter.
All 3 rad fan relays appear to check out ok when jumped with bat pwr and checked with meter. Getting 12v at terminals for relays.
"Relays" fuse in cabin fuse block looks good, if that is part of the system (?)
Ground circuit checks out ok.

Not getting battery voltage at harness leads to fan when engine is at oper temp and higher. I can not figure this one out. Any ideas anybody?

Thanks,
Tom

[steamplant]

So the fan is good, when the engine is running at proper operating temperature you are not getting voltage at the fan connector? I would check continuity of the wires from the fan connector to the fuse box, you mentioned that the connector was melted, maybe its not making a good connection. Voltage is supplied to the fan relays in accordance with temp sensor indication via the PCM (comptuer), you can check this voltage is present in the engine compartment fuse box, Chapter 3 in the Hanyes manual talks about this troubleshooting in detail. Good Luck

[IH8SPM]

Try the above mentioned but also look at the temp sending unit that is on the thermostate housing or on the side of the engine.