[dragginwagon406]

As the title says, we arrived home late last night, shut off the engine and the electric fan was still running. Seeing as it was only 55° outside and the fan never runs after the engine is off, I immediately pull the fuse for the fan and call it a night.

So after some time on google, I find the most likely cause is a bad fan relay Sorenson Part # 41-5330 and I find a good website showing where it is and how to gain easy access.

http://www.carspace.com/billnick/Alb...%20Relay%20Re/

So I replace the the relay and test the system by starting the engine and turning on the A/C and within a few moments the fan turns on.

But what I find strange is how hot the relay gets so quickly up to about 120° F in about 10 minutes. I did notice the relay is built on a heat sink which would indicate high temperature is normal but I would really like to test the fan for current draw.

Does anyone know what the correct current draw on the fan? The fuse is a 40 A but that should be to cover the startup current which is significantly higher.

[indept]

I had a problem with the fan not working. I found it was a burnt contact in the relay connector. I bought a connector fix kit at the dealer. I also noticed how hot it got so when I cut the old connector off to fix it I added a couple feet of heavy gauge wire and relocated the relay just behind the grill in front of the ac condenser. I got an old pentium II heatsink ( it was the perfect size & had a lot of cooling fins), mounted the relay to the heatsink & mounted it upside down in front of the condenser so the heatsink fins were facing up into the airflow. I painted it black to blend in. Now the relay runs cool to the touch. It's a solid state relay so the cooler you keep it the better especially at 75 bucks a pop.