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funkypaul
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Radiator fan relay

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Hi all,
Not been on here for a while - perhaps correlated with the fact that my van has been going well (thanks to philippacman!). Anyway, tried my van earlier and battery completely flat - after a bit of poking worked out the radiator fan has been coming on permanently. Tried to work out why and traced it back to a relay in the fuse box which has seen better days:

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Basically it's got water in it and has all furred up. Long and short of it, I need a new relay. Looked on Just Kampers but couldn't see any. Anyone get any suggestions a good place to source one / what to look out for?

Thanks,
Paul

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Re: Radiator fan relay

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ebay ! :ok

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Relay-24-part- ... 439dbecf16" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


check the part number :ok
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Re: Radiator fan relay

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Great, thanks rattybird, just the ticket and part number matches,
Paul

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funkypaul wrote:Great, thanks rattybird, just the ticket and part number matches,
Paul


no worries happy to help :ok
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I would be more worried why there was water in the fuse box unless you have sorted that already ?probably a leaky windscreen rubber.
Also (I think) There's a thermo switch on the rad itself which switches the fan on or off to consider, if the relay doesn't sort it.
Rob.

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Re: Radiator fan relay

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Thanks Rob. Yeh, tested the termo switch on the radiator and it's not that - in fact I've had to replace that before. In terms of the water getting in, I've just recently had a new windscreen rubber fitted, so it is pretty annoying that anything is getting in. Once I've stopped the fan problem and made sure it's the relay, I'll investigate. I think water has only got on this one relay which is set back from the main fuse box (the main fuse box is fine), but it's hardly ideal as you say :( , Cheers, Paul

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