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    89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    I have an interesting problem.



    the cooling fan will not come on when the ingnition switch is on when i turn off the car the fan will come one.


    I have looked everywhere to figure this out and nothing please help!!!!



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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    im also having this problem....i jumped the switch at the bottom of the radiator....and both fans turn on....the termal sensor is bad i bet....i have to get one but they quoted me 30 bucks for one...and i didnt have the money so im driving my car with the fans on all the time...and it blow in the morning...cuz i have not heat.

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    i just put new radiator and sensor in

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by wallacefan
    i just put new radiator and sensor in
    jump the wires...i used a piece of speaker wire...and both fans turned on...maybe you just got a bad switch...see if you can return it.

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    worse case scenario is it's the fan controler chip thing.. hopefully it's not though

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by frantik
    worse case scenario is it's the fan controler chip thing.. hopefully it's not though
    yeah tommy said that could also be bad.....i can get one at the junkyard tho...so i dont pay like hundreds of bucks for it...hehe

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    what where is the

    fan controler chip thing..

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    Quote Originally Posted by wallacefan
    i just put new radiator and sensor in
    Hi,

    Did you jump the thermo sensor wires as others have suggested? I've seen several other threads where a new thermo sensor was bad from the vendor. If jumping wires works, your new thermo sensor is bad.

    David

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    Re: 89 lxi cooling fan trouble

    yeah itdid the same thing with the old switch in too

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