My electric cooling fan is not working, but when i hot wire it it works.
Where is the relay ???? 1988 camaro 305 engine.

fuse is ok.

Just can't find where the relay is located ! mmmmhhhhh


Thanks for any help.

 

mine was next to the battery mounted on the support for the radiator.
to find it, grab the wires that power the fan.
follow them up to the next thing they come in contact with.
that next thing will be the relay

 

yes my relay was located there to!
do you have a single or dual fan setup?
if you have the dual there must be 2 relay`s.

dennis

 

Thats the funny side....single fan,,and if i follow the wires they go into a big harnes. NO RELAY !!!! mmmmhhhhh

 

Driver side firewalll between the brake booster and the fenderwell - there os a bracket held to firewall with 2 10mm screws - the relays are on the inside of that bracket. The one with the large black with red stripe wire is the fan relay, the other is the fuel pump relay.

Might also test the fan switch, located pass side head between #6 and #8 cylinder - has a single wire connector - squeeze connector to remove - ground this connector with key on to see if fan runs - if fan runs with this connector grounded and key on, then the relay is fine, and the fan switch is bad.

 

Look next to the brake booster on the firewall for the fan relay.

 

THANKS GUYS...THIS IS WHAT A SITE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AT ALL TIMES.

THAT WILL GET MY FAN GOING !!!!! I HOPE .

 

thats odd.
i have the two up next to the brake booster and i also have the one on the side of the radiator.
is it redundant?
maybe one was for the AC or something?

 

Ok, found out therakay was bad,,but. it turns on when i turn the ac on...now i need to find out if it will with the ac off.

So it could still ba a bad switch ( temp switch ) .

Also the gauge still does not work. I will get it done though .

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.

 

A/C on will run the fan automatically - so yes the fan switch itself could def be bad. Careful replacing it - you'll get coolant in the face!

 

Checked out the gauge ,,,same thing....if grounded out. PEKS all the way, so i think i replace that sender as well.

LOTS DO TO ,,,saturday is a LOOOOOONG day . LOL

Thanks

 

At least it's warm enough there to work - I have sat off, and with a hi of 33, I'll be inside cruisin TGO!

 

They thoguht we gonna get snow this weekend in Florida,,talking about warm enough ????!!! LOL

Hopefully the sun will find its way back FAST !!!!!!!