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|    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                     --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012        * Origin: Texas Lone-Star - Texan, American, USAian (1:387/22)    |
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