You should be able to test the fan by simply hooking up 12v directly to the connector. You can either run wires from the battery, or get another power source like an "non-smart" battery charger or a jump-start pack, etc.
If it started and then blew the fuse, it sounds like it's at the upper limit of it's wear/power draw. From what I've heard the aux fan and the blower fan tend to blow fuses when they get old. Apparently there's a service bulletin on running larger wire with a larger fuse... Levi On 6/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello All, I posted about this in the past and haven't really figured out how to approach it. I am not sure how to track down the short or to determine if the fan is bad. I have a volt meter and the schematic for the car. A few people made comments, one that this car may go through a few fans it its lifetime but I don't want to just run out and buy a fan if I don't need it. "I noticed that my auxillary cooling fan was not plugged in the other day and wanted to get that fixed. The fan has never been plugged in and the AC has not worked since I got the car. After I plugged it in as soon as I started the car it ran for about 15 seconds and then stopped. I noticed that it had blown a fuse. Other point of interest is that on the repair information from previous owner it says "conversion to r134a, wire aux fan to run constantly". " Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks, Dan Elliott 82 300D-T 97kmi ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
