I will make this as short and as direct as possible. After doing a variety of part replacements/repairs on my son's 2.5L NBC including replacing the thermostat and flushing the coolant (thus replacing with new coolant), I started the car, engine came to temp and the fan kicked on. No problem. Heat was hot. Car was nice and toasty. (I should point out that the A/C compressor solenoid connection was SOL, so it was disconnected as fall/winter is coming herein upstate NY so I told my son I would fix that in the spring.)
Anyway, as I was waiting for a part to install (transmission support bracket) the car sat in my garage for a week or so. Installed the bracket, started fine, waited 5-10 minutes, came to temp thinking fan would kick in. Nada. Zip. Started to over heat. Shut it off. Checked to ensure coolant was flowing back in the bottle (it was). Checked for leaks. Had car up on jack crawling underneath looking for any signs of leakage. Again, nothing. Waited a few hours thinking it was a fluke. Everything was cool again. Started up. Waited to reach temp 5-10 minutes. Again, nothing. No fan turning on.
Checking newbeetle.org threads and YT videos, I checked the fuses on top of the battery block. All good. Nothing blown. No melting of any kind. Checked the fuse panel on the drivers side to see if anything was blown or loose. Nope. Re-seated any that felt loose. All good. Spent a day and a half looking for the relay that might be the culprit. Mind you, this is a 2007 so it has the single multi-speed fan with the integrated FCM. So there is no FCM relay under the battery plate nor are there any sensors screwed into the radiator.
Went to my local VW dealer and had them print out the relay map locations for my VIN. Showed that 1J0 959 485 - relay for radiator fan run out - #181. I get home, get under the dash. Crane my neck. Wrench my back and low and behold. NO #181 relay. Two #53, one #100, one #409, one #429, one #173, and one #126 (or #120 could not see it all), but no #181.
I am at my wits end. Seriously. I am loosing it as the car needs to be inspected by the end of the month and I still need to put struts and shocks on it. I know the end result of which I am trying to avoid is a new fan replacement. (I think I found the best price available, but I have already spent $$$$ on the things that needed to be replace). I have a coolant temperature sensor that I will replace thinking maybe it is faulty and thus not registering the temp to kick the fan on. However, why would it work the week prior after I did the first phase of repairs.
PLEASE any help is greatly appreciated lest I put a BTH.
Anyway, as I was waiting for a part to install (transmission support bracket) the car sat in my garage for a week or so. Installed the bracket, started fine, waited 5-10 minutes, came to temp thinking fan would kick in. Nada. Zip. Started to over heat. Shut it off. Checked to ensure coolant was flowing back in the bottle (it was). Checked for leaks. Had car up on jack crawling underneath looking for any signs of leakage. Again, nothing. Waited a few hours thinking it was a fluke. Everything was cool again. Started up. Waited to reach temp 5-10 minutes. Again, nothing. No fan turning on.
Checking newbeetle.org threads and YT videos, I checked the fuses on top of the battery block. All good. Nothing blown. No melting of any kind. Checked the fuse panel on the drivers side to see if anything was blown or loose. Nope. Re-seated any that felt loose. All good. Spent a day and a half looking for the relay that might be the culprit. Mind you, this is a 2007 so it has the single multi-speed fan with the integrated FCM. So there is no FCM relay under the battery plate nor are there any sensors screwed into the radiator.
Went to my local VW dealer and had them print out the relay map locations for my VIN. Showed that 1J0 959 485 - relay for radiator fan run out - #181. I get home, get under the dash. Crane my neck. Wrench my back and low and behold. NO #181 relay. Two #53, one #100, one #409, one #429, one #173, and one #126 (or #120 could not see it all), but no #181.
I am at my wits end. Seriously. I am loosing it as the car needs to be inspected by the end of the month and I still need to put struts and shocks on it. I know the end result of which I am trying to avoid is a new fan replacement. (I think I found the best price available, but I have already spent $$$$ on the things that needed to be replace). I have a coolant temperature sensor that I will replace thinking maybe it is faulty and thus not registering the temp to kick the fan on. However, why would it work the week prior after I did the first phase of repairs.
PLEASE any help is greatly appreciated lest I put a BTH.
