Did the same thing to my '87 Chevy IROC years ago. There was a damn short in the wiring harness, causing the cooling fans not to operate. Thus, my 350 was overheating. So, we hooked up a toggle switch under the dash, to the battery, to manually operate the cooling fan. Problem solved, until I realized the heads were previously warped from running so hot! A few months later, I was sitting at a red light and KA-BOOM! BYE-BYE CHEVY! Lol
I wish I'd seen this before I replaced my whole cooling systom, it would have saved me a fortune in extra damage. i love gasoline fix it tips. Thank you!
Better way is to run a wire from the fan up to your fuse box and just wedge it in with a fuse that's on when the car is on, that's how I did my amp turn on wire, I just stuck it in with the fuse for the radio.
This is what I’ve done too But I spliced into the radiator fan wires and rerouted it into one of the relays I’m using 30 amp fuses but they be blowing once a week. Any ideas??
So now your fan runs only on high speed. You do know it is a two speed fan right? I had this problem with my 98 Crown vic, I could jump to the batt. and make it run in high but when you jumped it to low the wire would get very hot indicating the low speed windings were bad. When I looked at the plug for the fan I could see the low speed connector had overheated. I got a new pigtail connector and a new fan and everything works normal again at a total cost of $150. Your fix will work for a little while, but the fan isn't suppose to rum all the time and will end up burning up.
Easiest way to fix over heating on a junk car: run it without the thermostat, flush your radiator, and wire your fan to toggle switch or find a hot wire that switches off when the car is off. If you're still over heating your engine is fucked
On fords, if u disconnect the temp sensor, the fan comes on....so by looping one of the temp sensor wires to a toggle switch then back to the cut end, when u flip the two prong toggle switch, The fan comes on & u do not have to cut the main power wires to the fan.the temp sensor wire is small & low power./easier!!!!
Just pop out the relay for the AC and switch it to the cooling relay slot. The fan relays are the same. I always grab a few extras and keep them in the trunk just in case.
This is probably the most jank video ive seen but i gotta say, theres definitely some good info in it haha.. my 92 ls400 is doing the same thing and ive been running around checking everything to figure out why it over heats, and finally found out the auxiliary fans dont work so im about to wire them straight to a switch. Thanks for the upload man
Thanks for posting this, I'm going to try to do this on my car. It's a 1999 Chevy Cavalier the cooling sensor won't work no matter how many times I replace it.
also for those who suffer fan failure in stop and go, shut the car off at each stop, before if possible and coast tot he stop, I've done that in 117 degree weather up grade and it worked, never went past normal.. save gas too... lol keep AC off till you get a good stretch of road with no stops
Wait so one is hooked up from the battery straight to the switch, and the other wire is hooked onto the fan and the switch as well?i need to see what it looks like. Im a visual learner. I tried doing this myself but i might be too stupid bc i hooked it straight from battery to fan so its continuosly blowing the wro g way. I tried reversing the hooks ups but fan wo t turn on.
My Spidey sense is a tinglin'. And it's telling me if he's actually driving a new car the next time that we see him...... someone, somewhere has recently got their car stolen and repatriated to Good Ol' Canada, our French fry and gravy eatin' cousins to the north.
Where is the second temp sensor? On my 03 focus, there is a cylinder head temp sensor..svt has a temp sensor on the thermostat housing....I spliced one of the 2 cylinder head temp sensor wires. I just cut one temp sensor wire, ran it inside the cab, to a two prong toggle, & back to the cut end of the temp sensor & it works fine!!!!
@@d.j.9961 I honestly can't remember it's been 8 years since I've had my focus. I wanna say it was on the rear of my engine, but I had the SOHC.. the zvt is a DOHC Engine
if theres Not an automotive highschool in your area to have them do the work forfree and you buy the parts for them to learn, you coulda wired it to your ignition when its open, problem solved ;) because having them always on is what you wer looking for right?
My wife just bought a beater without me and the damn thing overheated as soon as she pulled in the driveway. The trunk and 3 out of 4 doors won't open. No way in hell I'm paying some clown to fix it. 225k miles.
How can I tell if my fan is turning in the right direction? And what if I have the two fan system? Do I combine the two to 1 hot wire or two hot wires going to the battery?
I noticed a tach in there,really ? Fan modules are lame. The fan should always run.Since when did a motor running too cold be an issue. I gusss if you're in a Chicago winter or north of that.
Zenigmatv A fan should not always run there is no need for it at highway speed the fan is useless more air being forced in though the grill than the fan can pull hence a waste of power drain on the alternator. The whole concept of an electric fan is less power drain on the motor for better fuel economy. Even electric fans put a load on the motor when running but when off offer no drain to the engine in any way VS a mechanical fan that is driven by the motor all the time.
dude, what are you talking about??297k miles is nothing for that 4.6l, my 2008 town car has 360k and when i started working for for the limo company I used to work for they gave me their oldest car and it had 655k on the clock and it ran like new, with the original engine and transmission, so your car is nearly new, so thats no excuse.my car is leaking oil from the gaskets, so im going to replace all of them and the seals, and next year as a preventative measure and upgrade, ill replace the head gasket and upgrade to forged pistons and rods and all the head bolts, and if i can afford it ill replace the timing chain, water pump and oil pump, if not ill replace those before super\turbo charging it.
its not for a sensor its a 2 speed fan, one wire is lo one is high, ground... lol tho, you prolly just had a relay gone bad or fuse, or temp sensor, all easy fixes.. however manual isnt bad then you control when the fan comes on, go down to vegas and its 110 outside nad you want AC you turnt hat fan on soon as ytu startup and keep it on, hi speed at that.. already know my fan is working sometimes, then I hear the relays biggin, no fan, hate it, want me manual fan switch, it was blowing the same relay for about the last 8 years once a a year, hard to find those relays anymore, sure its all it is, maybe a temp sensor, goofy car has 3 temp sensors and 4 fan control relays, I know...
CurierFrom Xibalba Not really I have all new relays, temperature switch, water pump, and thermostat, and my fans just stopped working. I was just thinking of doing this earlier when I was stuck in traffic and my car ran hot. Mechanics these days will charge you an arm and a leg just to take a bolt out
Well if all the parts are new as you say your fan or fans are dead. Not even rigging up 12V direct to a dead fan is going to make it work. You need to trouble shoot it and find the problem throwing parts at a problem is not the way to work.Nothing about this fix is safe under gauge wire no fuse and extra wire for nothing. There is no law that says you can't wire the 12V direct to the fan and than run the fan ground to the switch in the car and just ground the lug on the switch to the dash frame now your switching a ground instead of a hot wire. You now have one wire with out 12V in it to short out and cause a fire and if it does short the worst case is the fan keeps running till you disconnect it.
I dont know how American people drive crown victories it take alot of gas and its too mutch expensive in usa how you are live like that either America peaple have high salary
rashed crown Vics/Grand Marquis are inexpensive very durable, reliable, easy to fix and parts are easy to fix and cheap. and to be fair most american commutes are done cruising and crown Vics give fair economy (10 kml) during cruising plus are a comfy ride.
you know you could just fix the overheating problem the RIGHT way.......you should just quit doing meth and you probably could afford to service your cooling system properly
collin smith Not everyone's made of money, and being under-employed, layed off, loosing your job to robots or other countries dousn't make you a tweeker! Get a grip.
"That's just for right now, I'll fix it later"😂 famous last words
This dude is my spirit animal
“We gonna cut this wire here.... that was the wrong one. Oh well let’s cut few more to find out which one is the right one.” Lmao 😂!
Did the same thing to my '87 Chevy IROC years ago. There was a damn short in the wiring harness, causing the cooling fans not to operate. Thus, my 350 was overheating. So, we hooked up a toggle switch under the dash, to the battery, to manually operate the cooling fan. Problem solved, until I realized the heads were previously warped from running so hot! A few months later, I was sitting at a red light and KA-BOOM! BYE-BYE CHEVY! Lol
I wish I'd seen this before I replaced my whole cooling systom, it would have saved me a fortune in extra damage. i love gasoline fix it tips. Thank you!
I did this to my town car, told myself I would fix it later. It’s still like that...
I just did this and it WORKED on my '99 Chevy Cavalier
Great grammar ! Come to Australia anytime !
Better way is to run a wire from the fan up to your fuse box and just wedge it in with a fuse that's on when the car is on, that's how I did my amp turn on wire, I just stuck it in with the fuse for the radio.
So if you wanna listen to the radio with the car off your battery goes dead smh
This is what I’ve done too
But I spliced into the radiator fan wires and rerouted it into one of the relays
I’m using 30 amp fuses but they be blowing once a week.
Any ideas??
@@familyfirst7027 you sacrifice your radio listening when the car is off! smfh
I love watching people work under the hood. You can never learn enough when it comes to cars.
Yea Dina this is more in the venue of how not to fix some thing
mrelectron62 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻♂️
Can I be your friend I work on cars
@@ramseythewonderdog4817 lol
That's brilliant Man! you've got this Articifial Ingeniuty on you!! Real McGyver!!
Need more videos like this 🤣😂😂 and learn something at the same time
Beautiful green dashboard displays *love it*
So now your fan runs only on high speed. You do know it is a two speed fan right? I had this problem with my 98 Crown vic, I could jump to the batt. and make it run in high but when you jumped it to low the wire would get very hot indicating the low speed windings were bad. When I looked at the plug for the fan I could see the low speed connector had overheated. I got a new pigtail connector and a new fan and everything works normal again at a total cost of $150. Your fix will work for a little while, but the fan isn't suppose to rum all the time and will end up burning up.
Crown Victoria is a real vehicle! It has real potential!
Improvisation at its best! I learnt a thing or two! I'm having the same issue on my '98 P71.
great video...im doing same thing you did to 2007 cv...thanks
That was dope...
hi zephmont couldnt u just hav connected 1 wire to the relay socket & the other to ground? thought id ask.
Love the music JC is great especially when your driving 😊
Easiest way to fix over heating on a junk car: run it without the thermostat, flush your radiator, and wire your fan to toggle switch or find a hot wire that switches off when the car is off.
If you're still over heating your engine is fucked
Thanks! I'm doing that with a piece of s*** BMW tomorrow.. that will be the tale of the tape
What if the power wire gets hot and start smoking?
That's what I was wondering thinking maybe a higher fuse would work 50 or 60
I like the tach, so usefull with a automatic
Dude is hilarious
On fords, if u disconnect the temp sensor, the fan comes on....so by looping one of the temp sensor wires to a toggle switch then back to the cut end, when u flip the two prong toggle switch, The fan comes on & u do not have to cut the main power wires to the fan.the temp sensor wire is small & low power./easier!!!!
Tell me step by step how to do it
Thanks for sharing bro.
Just pop out the relay for the AC and switch it to the cooling relay slot. The fan relays are the same. I always grab a few extras and keep them in the trunk just in case.
This is probably the most jank video ive seen but i gotta say, theres definitely some good info in it haha.. my 92 ls400 is doing the same thing and ive been running around checking everything to figure out why it over heats, and finally found out the auxiliary fans dont work so im about to wire them straight to a switch. Thanks for the upload man
Thanks for posting this, I'm going to try to do this on my car. It's a 1999 Chevy Cavalier the cooling sensor won't work no matter how many times I replace it.
Sounds like your low speed & hi speed cooling fan resistors are bad....
I believe that is a two speed fan, the third wire is for the 2nd fan speed.
Ethan Lindsey it is.
Exactly lol
thanks so much for video my car is totally stripped and last owner almost fucked me on no fan this worked awesome ;D thanks
How did that rig hold up over time? Any issues?
it would help if the speed limit was unlimited only overheats when idling
Nail biting stuff at 14.28....I didn't think it was gonna drop another notch
Good Job Man!!
I'll put my seatbelt on so i don't get a ticket like last time. 😅
also for those who suffer fan failure in stop and go, shut the car off at each stop, before if possible and coast tot he stop, I've done that in 117 degree weather up grade and it worked, never went past normal.. save gas too... lol keep AC off till you get a good stretch of road with no stops
Good job
Wait so one is hooked up from the battery straight to the switch, and the other wire is hooked onto the fan and the switch as well?i need to see what it looks like. Im a visual learner.
I tried doing this myself but i might be too stupid bc i hooked it straight from battery to fan so its continuosly blowing the wro g way. I tried reversing the hooks ups but fan wo t turn on.
I FUCKS WITH THIS GUY!!!! HAHAHA!
My Spidey sense is a tinglin'. And it's telling me if he's actually driving a new car the next time that we see him...... someone, somewhere has recently got their car stolen and repatriated to Good Ol' Canada, our French fry and gravy eatin' cousins to the north.
i know on my ford focus (2001) it had 2 temp sencers. (one for gage one for ecu)
Where is the second temp sensor? On my 03 focus, there is a cylinder head temp sensor..svt has a temp sensor on the thermostat housing....I spliced one of the 2 cylinder head temp sensor wires. I just cut one temp sensor wire, ran it inside the cab, to a two prong toggle, & back to the cut end of the temp sensor & it works fine!!!!
@@d.j.9961 I honestly can't remember it's been 8 years since I've had my focus. I wanna say it was on the rear of my engine, but I had the SOHC.. the zvt is a DOHC Engine
u the best
Great job man!!!
appreciate it brother
i do it so when the car is on the fan is on and when u turn it off the car it turn off
Maybe hook it up the marker lights?
Sloppy work no fuse for shorts
U gotta give him credit b/c he clearly showed that his car had 297k mile
if theres Not an automotive highschool in your area to have them do the work forfree and you buy the parts for them to learn, you coulda wired it to your ignition when its open, problem solved ;) because having them always on is what you wer looking for right?
nice video
My wife just bought a beater without me and the damn thing overheated as soon as she pulled in the driveway. The trunk and 3 out of 4 doors won't open. No way in hell I'm paying some clown to fix it. 225k miles.
Is it possible to temporarily jump the fan with Bobby pin and wire?
That's what I was wondering, probably where the relay is. That's basically what the relay does anyway.
You do that at the temperature sensor connector plug. Unplug sensor and shove pin in
Wtg yeah i know how Bluewater bridge and traffic is you ain't kidding it sucks brother i been to sarnia and lived North of port Huron
Hey do you install Cable?
"wheres the fuckin hole?" HAHAHA
You just know this guys been to jail a few times.
Funny as fuck man your a character
Make sure polarity is right or fan will be blowing backwards or against the wind. Yup then fan dies or might act as reverse generator or some such X)
How can I tell if my fan is turning in the right direction? And what if I have the two fan system? Do I combine the two to 1 hot wire or two hot wires going to the battery?
if it blows towards your engine, it's wrong direction. As far as the 2 fans, my "guess" is the first fan will power the second.
ordered a module for $20 online
problem fixed
I had a car like before just got remember to turn it on and off.
It would been smart to run it and if it didn’t get hot then u fixed it u could mess the pistons rods and lifters up letting get hot
How did you wire the tach?!!!!
I noticed a tach in there,really ? Fan modules are lame. The fan should always run.Since when did a motor running too cold be an issue. I gusss if you're in a Chicago winter or north of that.
Zenigmatv A fan should not always run there is no need for it at highway speed the fan is useless more air being forced in though the grill than the fan can pull hence a waste of power drain on the alternator. The whole concept of an electric fan is less power drain on the motor for better fuel economy. Even electric fans put a load on the motor when running but when off offer no drain to the engine in any way VS a mechanical fan that is driven by the motor all the time.
As long as you don't forget and leave the switch on, then you'll also have battery issues
pretty hard to miss hearing that fan running lol. I'll accept this miss if intoxicated lol
Please tell me how you wired the tachometer.
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Have you ever rebuilt an engine?
Nathan G The 4.6 DOHC modular v8 is a reliable engine capable of run over 400,000 miles if taken care of. some even reach 600k.
thanks
9 years later...How's the car doing? Got a new one yet? lol
how would you install a fusible link
How do I. wire it to power supply ???
Im gunna do this to an 08 grand prix
nice!!
Those GM cars allways heat up!!!
fire
dude, what are you talking about??297k miles is nothing for that 4.6l, my 2008 town car has 360k and when i started working for for the limo company I used to work for they gave me their oldest car and it had 655k on the clock and it ran like new, with the original engine and transmission, so your car is nearly new, so thats no excuse.my car is leaking oil from the gaskets, so im going to replace all of them and the seals, and next year as a preventative measure and upgrade, ill replace the head gasket and upgrade to forged pistons and rods and all the head bolts, and if i can afford it ill replace the timing chain, water pump and oil pump, if not ill replace those before super\turbo charging it.
wtf? How cheap is labor. Head gasket repair is so much we swap engines in Canada
seems like he turned a two-speed fan into a single speed fan.
I hate working under the dash 😰
its not for a sensor its a 2 speed fan, one wire is lo one is high, ground... lol tho, you prolly just had a relay gone bad or fuse, or temp sensor, all easy fixes.. however manual isnt bad then you control when the fan comes on, go down to vegas and its 110 outside nad you want AC you turnt hat fan on soon as ytu startup and keep it on, hi speed at that.. already know my fan is working sometimes, then I hear the relays biggin, no fan, hate it, want me manual fan switch, it was blowing the same relay for about the last 8 years once a a year, hard to find those relays anymore, sure its all it is, maybe a temp sensor, goofy car has 3 temp sensors and 4 fan control relays, I know...
wish you could come do mine
relay, relay, relay...
Yeah! Who the hell would want their car to operate correctly???
Just like factory ! lol
Fucking seatbelt tickets, got like 3 myself over the years.
Say FIRE ! Insurance Payout ? NOT!!!
At least add a relay for Christ sake!
For fuck sakes julian
or just blast the heater at max to cool it down
I do that and mines still overheating takes a while when I have it off but still overheating
Bro you completely lost, have no idea what you are hooking up to what. Maybe u should explain what u doing while u doing it.
his at home and doing emergency fix lol..
why people have to butcher electrical work. a simple relay and a couple of fuses will make this fix reliable and safe.
CurierFrom Xibalba Not really I have all new relays, temperature switch, water pump, and thermostat, and my fans just stopped working. I was just thinking of doing this earlier when I was stuck in traffic and my car ran hot. Mechanics these days will charge you an arm and a leg just to take a bolt out
Well if all the parts are new as you say your fan or fans are dead. Not even rigging up 12V direct to a dead fan is going to make it work. You need to trouble shoot it and find the problem throwing parts at a problem is not the way to work.Nothing about this fix is safe under gauge wire no fuse and extra wire for nothing. There is no law that says you can't wire the 12V direct to the fan and than run the fan ground to the switch in the car and just ground the lug on the switch to the dash frame now your switching a ground instead of a hot wire. You now have one wire with out 12V in it to short out and cause a fire and if it does short the worst case is the fan keeps running till you disconnect it.
your not a true mechanic if you dont talk shit your car
I'm sorry but he has a language problem. And he doesn't know what the hell he is doing.
I dont know how American people drive crown victories it take alot of gas and its too mutch expensive in usa how you are live like that either America peaple have high salary
rashed crown Vics/Grand Marquis are inexpensive very durable, reliable, easy to fix and parts are easy to fix and cheap. and to be fair most american commutes are done cruising and crown Vics give fair economy (10 kml) during cruising plus are a comfy ride.
And Canadians need to take spelling class over.
We're all rich because we don't have socialized health care
you know you could just fix the overheating problem the RIGHT way.......you should just quit doing meth and you probably could afford to service your cooling system properly
collin smith Not everyone's made of money, and being under-employed, layed off, loosing your job to robots or other countries dousn't make you a tweeker! Get a grip.
Your words show me your inner thoughts. I pity you
if its free and it works why bitch about?
@@walterblair6734 kinda hard to say that pal when you have no right to talk yourself