Re: fan failure,I though this was strange

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

What most likely happened is 1 fan quit and you didn't notice it until
the 2nd one died and now you have neither fan operating. This is not
so unusual as both fans have the same run-time so they wear evenly.
When the brushes inside get too short they don't make good contact
(less spring pressure) so the motor stops. The vibration from hitting
the housing can sometimes get the motor to go again for a short time
but the sad truth is the motors need to be taken apart, cleaned,
lubricated and new brushes installed. For further improvement for the
fans I recommend either a Fanzilla or some other upgrade over the fan
fail relay or the bypass wire. Also change the circuit breaker. Make
sure all of the connections are clean and tight, this is a high
current circuit operating at near the design limits of the wiring and
connectors. A Fanzilla can tell you if 1 or both fans are not working
so you won't get surprised again. This is what the fan fail relay was
SUPPOSED to do and the bypass wire cannot.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jonas P" <Delorean3543@xxxx> wrote:
> Both of my cooling fans failed at the same time. I have an fan fix 
> kit from PJ Grady. I went crazy tring to figuar out what the problem 
> was. I checked the voltage and found that both fans where getting 
> power. Then I tapped twice on one of the fans (while the car was 
> running with A/C on) and it came on. I did the same to the other and 
> it came on. Now I can understand why this would happen to a fan 
> motor, but both at the same time? Any comments? I for one thought 
> this a bit strange
> Jonas 3543
> P.S. Thanks to Mr. Rob Grady (he was very busy but still took time to 
> help me) for help on this matter.